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Show VERDICT NOT GUILTY. So Say tbe Jarj in the im Agalost Marshal Parsons. J.DUItLSNrH or C0tI.SH Tlifl "TrlljiiMc' 1'ipirM or 1'roml ncolljr. Idilaff in'(hartrilo the Iwdto Juror. Tli rpumf ht In tlio chKrK 3 a I nut M trili. rrion In rrgnnt to knotrlnn-)y knotrlnn-)y rrmtttlu(f Rtmlaic on Ilia prrmUei of which he li partownrr, illuatt In rium All, Irfgati In Ju),o Zanv'n court tlit morning. Attorno Arthur llrown IeJ ofl, ! drolnff the Jury on lehulf of ttioJt-Cendant, ttioJt-Cendant, lln commfiicnl h referring to tlm nature of tho charms that of knowingl prmlttlns the Riime of "tan" to be plajetl In thohulldlng In quttloii, and aalJ that twfore tbe ro-iecutlon ro-iecutlon oouM ritahlUh thrlr ca- iUty mutt I roTo that the olTunw waa cii.niHtiU at tome time blwn the 25th of No vfm.tr anil the Tin of DficinUcr. IbOI. They limit nlno iroTe that gaming actually did take i lace not only with the dt'rnd- ul'i knowledge, hut that ho winked at It and aided It. I he ifiieillui. wa: did the Chlaatneti Kaniole al all bo twten the dale named? The only evidence at to thl wm that of Uflloer Jenklnt, an I ttiat amuunted to rao tloally nMhlnir. lie could lit tell by tho more ratlllnif of chlpt whatwaq KoIdrod. ThuChlnrneu had a jer frit rlRlit touta their chlpt, to make junt a much chinklli u u tney j leavtil, to Ions an ihiy did not lay fur niuury. If Kamt.llni; wmroIucoii, wiyid not the otllcer hreik Into the ronni In-tvad of mi-rely tontwntlnK hlmif'lf with lix k ln throush a wlcktt? Then, atraln, whLii the Chinamen aw thuolllcer they took no notice ef Itlni, hut went on with what they were doing. If tlmu nun ere Rimbllnjr. why dIJ notOlllcer Jenklm rrj ort the matter rlht away. and not wait until the month of Ma7 If thurriuthlowltnef'e called by the ilvleiife were to be belluttd, the itory of thin nicer aatu tho wkkut or aiwr-ture aiwr-ture lmhedoori mutt bo absolutely fntiw. Jle doubted whether Jenklm wnanTerln the Iacu at all. It waa nut aueition of mete knowledge on the art of Marihal lAraunr; tho main l-ulnt wm did hepormlt K'u'nlf tu go iiu,oraldorabit the plaer? Ther4 wai no actual proof of Rambling on the imlj dateaworu to lu May (for which the Chinamen wero uulihtd). when they were warned ly the oh iter of Ihu prtmlfea tiuTer In future to gamble In the bulMlnK. and thtre waauoevl denie to how that they overdid. l.Vrrjthlnit that could bo done by the lamlhrd, Mr. I'nuwn-, had beendoun luthlataw. Unformuattly the nine-tucuth nine-tucuth century wat nroverblal fur gnmblluii; It wai the vice of our nut uud went on everywhere Rmong Hie nivmberi of Cuinfrtiis and down tlirtmuh all rlauea vl aoolet). If the ChlbtrMewire addicted to tumbling m touiiM-l tor ttie proaecnllou had stated they did tie more than the fine bhroda vt Halt Lake City Land other placte from lSuw Vurk to Hau I ran-iIrco. ran-iIrco. (limbllnff waa a revaleut tin, and one to lie deplored no one deplored It moru thin hlmflf; but whatuTi r might be aald on Itile, u Jaudlurd wat not obliged to iuiect be. forehaul thatovirylKHly wua going to Bamble who occupied hU premlfe. Thlace had beeu puihed furn ard with unwonted vlor t.ythreanbleattomeya for theiroaecutlon. Hut why.hnaiktd, wathtipnrtltulnr Individual alngled oui? Ihu proircntlou Itielf had fur idihtnlthe nmwirt A copy of IhoHnlt I.Ae 7ViAunAhad beru put lu fur tho iiirpoi, couurel had aalJ, of ahoH In,- knowledge on the part t the marhal. "Aid" cunlluurd Mr. Jtrown. ''It phova mire tlmu knowl eilg; It thowa the whole anlutui of tnla ro'ccutlon the won of It and the motive for the uuHonted xeal with which it haaliern punuetl. Tho prntecutlon waa itarled, aud the grand Jury, luri-adjrolwdlencetotheinaudate of the Trillin, got down on tlulr kneea and klued Oil rojal god. (Laughter.) Why wai thU article written? In aid of the caue of mral,lj? to ut down gambllag? ot to try to have men uoUhed lor gambling, but becauie there U ilamfer that kutuo amtlvr will get hurt, and ko they are tailing Manhal Taraona evtry nume the lau lay thrlr tongue to. It waabwciuaothUdefeiidaut ha I ordered aome arn t, and they wanted to kill, itlng and libel him. That la the only reiuou why; and tut thla prote. cutlon la brought In enmity, lu hate, ajalnt tho man who dared lu arieit Rambler. Hence gentlemen, you are atked In the name of morality to punlih him. Take thli cao, look through It carelully, and tell me If you can, any one of you, Hud any wrong that Mantml I'arnom hai done any thtnir that you would not Iwve done yoiirvelvtJ, had you teen landlurdol the building. I take It you will ut a verdict hero that will ohow ou are not 5ovirued by the motlvia which uvl ently promt thla proiorutlou, Judge llenderxon follmud, re marking that the tlret (jmi tlou for the lury'a coualderallon wii, did the avideiiLU ihow beyond a reiawnable doubt that gambling did take lace on that one evening ntdl fledtottyOllUrrJenklui. lleyoud hU evldeuce there waa no proof, or even ft hint, of It, If thejury found that tho testimony did nut prove thli, tluy could not, of courvu, reach tho ecoud i.uettou. vlt.. Did Marihal i'ariona "l-riult" It? tot that wai the lauguago of tho statute. CoiiUHd fo Honed up thehriiument of Attorney llrown on vernlpoint, and lapucUlt) dlricted hUnmurki to what he tinned the tin ntlnUkahluanlmuionthe nrt it the proNecutlnn, itlmulated, he laid, by the jWtune article. There waa home thing Mnitwhwe which lint) hid thlipru ecutfon. Tlvo t.tlilltmeji wero held lfure thla community an moral lept n, hut why waa Mandial ran-uni, one of the i n-o mra, lelecUtl from tho otht r? the rriUmc article told thim why. The nulnuprlug lay there, nn I It vn treiauie thla defenlnnt waa doing Homethiug that nomelwly ill I not like. rheMjgcnlleii.fi, tree ted thl- t ultdliu for rental ni a iirtly buttiiwinK'nU lion, und tin y had Irit.tlnl on tl wltneH atand, that thry wi rtMiotuv. me of any gunbllug going on tin ru until thea iruaranceuf thin newtjir nrtl tick, HulnalaleJ that there wm ml teilntlllaof rvldeuie that Mould run vlct Ihtidt-finiaftiit. AMUlant UUtrlrt Atlornc hti ) hi iin madf the doting argument en the Art of the roHtiCUtlon, Into the hti . -. rf which he said ho proptabd to go from beginning to end. Mr. HtepheniexprMwed hU firm aud houi-1 lonvlcton that the grand Jury by whimlhltlndlctment waa found waa ct mjiofiil of fair and Ini artlal gentle men He wh inohed the aiM-rilon that tho grand Jury went down on their kneta In obedience to the mm late of the Iftlunt, aud .eclared (hat tiuthlng vtm known at the dl-trlct attorney offl e ai to the framing of liililnJlnmant ag&Iuftt Marshal Tar uni until after It hud tui. returned, re-turned, until the evening InTore they finally a ijotirntil. Coun-e corn pi al not lntrong ternwofwhat he detcrll'ed ai the unwarratittd attack made upon tlm proMcutlili by counsel frthe dcfeiipe, and denied mrt Iol lively that either Mr. Varlan or him r-elf had been actuated by animus in thete proceeding. When tho (tran I Jury hal found thin indictment, they both inked them, "How da you rturu an ludlrrment agalmt one and nut agalnat the ret. If there be other omiera if thla building, m It la rumored there are?" and the re I) wai. "We only have evl lencei m to the knowledge of one, or any actual Infor matltn a to the owner-hip or more thin one." Mr. (Stephens dtnlcethat his rosecutlon Has set on foot .ecaure Manhal I'troons had arretted gimt lere, aud said tint to hold up the Halt f.aku Trttune and deilate that thla matter was being pneruted slm I ly becauie the Marshal had doriohla duty Ineu'orctng tho law was anothir argument which could only Ittad luced Uouthe theory that theiivu fnr the defence wat a dia)ersle one In ited, or they would not have reported to such meats. All the rosecutlon c'eIrt-d to do waa to enforce the law as It stood tiun the atitute looki. ile called titron the Jury to Uncharge their duty faith fully. Atl2 M Judge Zane beptn his aunt mlngui J le commenced by refirrlng lo the termi of tbo Indictment In hi at-aluit the defendant. The Jury, In considering this we, would In confined to aome dsy Utweeit Nnvem trr Loth and November ZUU, 1601, and uuIips they could find that the l,au.e charged waa jlaed Utweeu ttioee dates they coulJ ntt convlrt the deteuda'it. Ills Honor luruedtolhe law goerrltg the thargi, and wtJ the Jury must believe Leycni area aouahtu doubt, before they coul J find a verdict of guilty, that the km WB ph)ed nn charged, between the dates mentioned, and tht It waa for something some-thing of value. They tuuil further Mlevu that the defendant knowingly permitted It, and ierml9ilon muotbe clearly shown by wldencu of aome kind. It was also nece-jury lo have proof that there Has an eximved con sent gl ven that the ti nants, or lestt-s, might tondurt gaming on the n ml sen. There wua no evidence of this here. Unlet they telMcd beyouJa retwinnble doubt all th- ivUcnce that tho difendant did com nt lu one way or other and there waa none ol expressed con sent they should find him not guilty. Tin j mutt wtlgh all tho ttotlmouy and If afur a cartful consideration tluy weru able to tny they Here not sit In Red that tho defendant was guilt) , then there hbi h rexaouabledoubt; on thetther baud, If theyhal on abiding couvlitlou of tho defendant's guilt, such a one oj they would bo willing to actUoii lu the more wilghty rnaturs nlitluK to thflr ownatTAlrs, thiro was li'j rcisonablo doubt, and they thou'd art accordingly I .el them t guldtd by the dictates of their coosrlenc f. Tne Jury retired at lA and the court the u took a recces Uulll a (.uaiter I-usttwo. tur nimcT. The Jury cumo Into court about 2 o'clock and announced that they found tho defendant not guilty. |