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Show THiill) DlbTIUlT 10URT. Tlic Criminal Umlnrss Itcfore Clilrf Juitlce sue lids Morning. The first cafe set down for trial this morning In Judgo Zane'a court was lhatof W. H. lUrnett, Indicted for grand larceny. When It waa called on Judge Judd aild that ho y ai ajme lime ago retained to dcfenl the Recused. Re-cused. He had, howovrr, been awsy from tbe city lately, anion his return home ftsterday aftcrnoou learned for tho first tlmo that tho hearing of the case had Lteu set for today. Conaoa queatly, lie was not prejnnd to goon( not having had an oppuituolty of looking look-ing Into the facta. Counsel asknd that the matter might te allowed to go over until tho Ajrll term. Assistant District AttorrryHtej hens 011 tho part of the pruiltcutlon, ofTerlug nooljectlon, Judgo Zano granted th recjueat. ANUTIIHI OltAKUB OOM OVKH. The next case down on the calendar for trial today waa that of Hugh Itouatk, charge I with au assault with Intent to commit rape, thecomlalnlng witness being Jmtna Hlgglnsio. Prosecuting Attorney rjtepheus ap-pltetltohave ap-pltetltohave this case continued on nccount of the present conditio-! of the woman's health. Attorney H. H. Lewis, who had beeu eiuplo)ed for tho defense, said he was rca ly to go on with tho trial now, but under the circumstances he was willing to have tho trial postponed, as desired. Judge Zano Let It be continued. 1 LEADS MT UUIITV, A. I. Wilcox, a well Urrrsed man about 37 years of age, of gentlemanly appearance,waftarral2ncd on an Indictment Indict-ment charging him with forging a check fur 914 4d on the Utah National bank, with Intent to defraud one J". Use Thomas. He pleaded not guilty. The date of tho trial waa not set. Mr. Gleuu Will defend. 1UNOHFD. Judge Zine said the next case on the list was that of G, . Clements, charged with embezzlement; but Prosecuting Attorney Hie phena replied that It hs4 been dismissed at the request re-quest of the 1 ruieoutlou. OS TI1K WAY DOWN. The name of James A. Ransom, accusod of burglary, was then called, but It was discovered that thu defendant defen-dant had not yet arrived from thu penitentiary, where he has Leuii In confinement awaiting trial. Judge Zano wanted to know why Hansom waa not ready. Prosecuting Attorney Htcpheni raid he did not, until 10 o'clock that morning, give orders for tho defendant to be brought in. The casus which ahouldhave preceled this one had un expectedly been continued, Had he kuowu last night that such would be tho grase he woull have glreu Instructions: In-structions: sooner, In order to have the prisoner hereby teu o'clock. Ho was uowonthewav donn. It was nearly 1 LIS when the court adjourned until - p m., the prisoner not having arrived by that time. Ihe defendant Is thu man who broke Into the tailoring tetabl aliment uf PhlllnBiry and currlodofa quantity ofvaluablu cloth. Thu facte of tho casohavu been previously reiottcdlii the columns of tho Nhwa. Attorney Hurd has teen appointed by thu court to defend the accused. A DM ITT H It) CITin-NBHIP. Lorenzo F, Wnltc rs.an Kugllshman. now refilling at Tooele, was admitted to cltlzemhlp. |
