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Show BATTLE OF THE GIANTS! Josllca Locltlt as Umpire la tt i. Toswron Came. Tin. ri tmiir uns tiii: hit. llrfrnitantt Mnit (lira l' Tlnc Hooks and Hrmrilt r Miitnp I'p r?l5. audio,!-. Attwopm (oJay Juttlce Inichrle gave hie decision In the obuok cute," which wat tried In bit court yetterdty afternoon, an I reported at length In tht day's NlMt. fallowing Is a verbatim copy of the decltion TiRiiinmr uf Utah, Cuui.ty of Hilt Lake, i " In the Justice Court In aod lor the city and county of Ball l.akt. lie. fore Hon. '. Lvchrle, Justice of the I'eace. II. T. Duke, plalotIR, vs. A. U. Noirtll an I l.llu A. Hmlth, defend, arila. Uplnlon of the Court This rase Wat oirameuced by the I lalnliir filing hit complaint on the il.hdajuf May, A. 1.1W. In hit vomflallit be allrgtd that with Other gentlemen he wat elect ed a member of tho body of Indlvlduali known aa the Territorial cotnmlttt-e of the ifcdltlcal organlxttlou lalleJ the Oemocratlo arlyoflhe Ter rltnry of Utah, that he waa secretary of the body of wnljtl lie wat a member, andattuch aecrelary wat etitltlfHl to the cuttody of the booka and reoordt of the coaimlltee; that the defendantt clalu the light to hold and retain the cuttody of the bookt and reoordt of the conimtltee; that thiy had the postrtslon of the tame; that the plaintiff had made due demtnd of tho defend ante fir ttld luoka and record! of tun Territorial committee of the Domociatlc pally of Utah covering the yiare tuiccedlng the year 1S17, but that the demand had been re used, an I that thu value of the documunta ejught to bo recovered wasthe turn ot $15 UO. Alterwardt the defendanta appeared lu the action and Died their demurrer to tbe comlalnt. Uiou the hear log of the demurrer the aole queatiori before the court waa at to whether the complaint atated a good cause of aitlon. Thla was de elded by the oourt In the affirmative. The defendanJa then announced that they did not desire to file au answer, but that they would lake an appeal. Thtrouran the court act the case for trial, which setting waa made for the SSItidsyof May, 188.', In order loanable loan-able the plalntlll to Introduce proof austalnlng the allegation of titttatd comrlalnL On the latt day named tbe defendanta appeared anj lequrtted an adoulumeut until Tuesday, the Met day of May, ISO.', at'.' 0'cloikp.m, which adjournment adjourn-ment wat granted. Trie case came on for bearlnff on the day latt named, and the, plalntlll proceeded to Introduce hit proof. At the request of the plalntlll the court had Issued Ita tubiDne tlu cri ccVm requiring the de'eudanla to aprear and bring with them the bookt aud reoordt of tbe Democratlo Terrt loilal Committee of Utah. Upon the heating they failed to proluc thu aame,t aoli alleging that the documente had patted bei ond their hande. The defendant dailth teatlflej that lie became a Demoirat lu May or June, ltd, and In the month ol June wat made tho aecretary of a committee which betermel tbe advisory com. mlttee of the Democratlo j any and afterwards wat elected eecretary of what he claims aa the Territorial com milieu of the parly. He declared that notiooke nor papers were ever turned over to nlni, but tuat be opened an en. tlrely new let of booka and reoordt, which bookt and reoordt lit had tent to a mau named 1'unUr In the city of Chicago, at he atated, for lijt parly, and before tbe aubpicna cfu oeafccyrriliBj been terved uinhi him, but alter bo had been served with notice that ho waa one of the defend aula lu thin sic. Tbe defendant Norielltretl Red that he waa a Democrat aud a mem"-r of the Democratic parly) th. the attended the convention of the party that waa held at Ogdeu In May, Mi, and wat there elected a member of the Democratlo Territorial committee; com-mittee; that the lalnllll Duka wat elected a member at the tamo time; that Impiellately after the convention con-vention the oommlttee assembled and electn' ) A. Merrill chairman aud de fenda.it INorrell at Ita aecretary; that heacttdatsuih secretary until June, t SOI ; that he never rnlgne I lilt ofllce, but that aluca June, Idol, did not art lu that'ciiully; that InJune, 1891, accnventlm waa held lu Halt I. alio City of tho Democratlo party which elected a new committee, and that that convenllou clalmid to bu tbtiDemo-critic tbtiDemo-critic couvc nllon; and that nulla of the member! of the committee elected at 0dett In the year latJa it I ever re llgllod. Heveral other wltoeasea were tworn by the lalntlil, thu ellect of the to.ll-niony to.ll-niony being that the Democratic i arty waa orgaulitd In thla Territory about twenty yean ago, that It held lit comentlone once lu fcur rare,and that Ita Territorial committee wat elected quadrralilally and that the com nlttev-aitn held utiles for four yeara and un.ll their inert ine-rt taora were ele?vd, and that at tin I Deuocralln convention held In Ogdeii, lu IKS, a committee waa elected for four yrart, tbe pldntltl Duke belli one uf that number; that eald committee had Hour rnuoul. Alan, that III the tprlug of the preaent year a rotellug nf tho Dom icratlo com-mlttee com-mlttee wai called b) H. A. Merrill, III Halt I, ike City, and one l.llat A. Hmlth, one of the defuulantt In thla ciiki-, signed hit name as seiretaty; that the lalnlill with other gentle neu lu eroii arid by roxy, who wrrn eleiteil mem era of the cjtnnilltee ut the sail Ugden convenllou uf IbSS, allendwl that mieilrijr an) ki ujlit rrc Knltlou from the Chair nun H. A Meriltt, which leimgut tlou wat refused, and that thereupon thiyaiinouuiel ihut aiucatlugol the (rotunil.tti' wuuhl le htl I Imtiiedlttely ataluin thin nameJ. That they at-wntulvd at-wntulvd and rllteu such vacanu ea aa imp urrd,atur which the Hun Willlaii I tiry, wiiii Ilia ehown by thetettliuo-n thetettliuo-n y la alt i a m.iinUf of the .Sntlunil liemoi ratio ('nmiuiltei, waa duly lect-ud lect-ud chairman, and tlirf plalntlll' Duko waa duly eltitel tecrtltry thereof, Thai a call for tbe lonvcnilon of the Do'iiomllo party uf Utah waa laaued, which convnilloii waa htlj on the Slat I day of May, 1VJ.', al Halt Lake Citf, lint at inch convention over eighteen tounllet were re;ro toiiUd, oouatltutlug a total representa tlou cf 11 delegatit outof J pr vld.dfurlu thu call. That laid con. venllon elrded delegilea to the coming com-ing national Demoiratlo convenllou to be held at Chicago, and that a com mitten waa elected to tuic-cd the coul-mlttee coul-mlttee elexleJ at OgJui In 1SH The deleliilanti were teMUtdullng the hearing part f tin, time In ru Bad all Of the lime by COUUIel, buttle-cllnedlo buttle-cllnedlo crona examine the wltnettea ofllieilalutlir. , , from the tetllmony Introduced It apprare that the allegation ol the coini lain! are tutlatoed arid thai the llalullll ltenlltlt-1 to a Ju lament, he having shown that there waa electe I IllOjUetl, III ISM), ly the Demociatlo rly acorunltlitiknowii aa the De-motratlu De-motratlu Territorial ronimlUceofulah, Ihn direct tucccuora of the tlrtt com mlttie cboteu when the aity wat organized twenty years ayo, which committee wat In ixlsteneo when the liliitluconimenird hit mil, and f)f which committee the plalu'HI wat a duly elected member aud the ei-eie tary tliereu'. I heju irtnenl cf II e coult lliele'oie It Iim thepliliitlirreiovtr from thu defenda la the bookt an 1 recorda de torlled Inlhecomplilntor lueieile livery of Ihe same caunot be luil that he ri cover from theealdderculantalhe turn of $11, togelhir with the (.osla of thlt action tut ii-iiiiiiiku Totems. The olili rsoua I rntut ullog Ibo time tho Ju-tlce waa lalidrrlng lilt opinion wrie Attorney D. It. Hliaup (ir iu thuofllceof Judge I'owers) nnJ ihieenewtpai-er re re entatlves. Int-nmllalely Int-nmllalely nfteiwaldt tbe de (en 'acta' altonuy, .Mr. J. II Hum, acvomianhd ly Hteno rtpher llarkrr, tnleml Ihn room and the former hatided to Juttlce ljoeti rle a typewritten notice or apral fr tin hit -decltion, to the Third District Court. "Why," exclaimed the Judge, with s( parent astonishment, "It Ivuki at though thlt notlcuof a( teal hat Letn fixed up before Ihe Court gava 111 olnlon." "V'.e," drawled the attorney Willi afalol tmlle, "I mutt confess tl ifoet bear thatappearanc- doetu't It?" He tlmulUneoutly cast a knowing wink at the reiiorlera. aa though thinking he had scored a big t-ulnt that time. The Judge ailjmted hit spectacles, tcanned ihe document, tald "All right'" and the curtalu Ml. |