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Show ONE YEAR FOR GAGNON. " Tbt CMtt of Ue Ccnsterfelttrs Gets OH Lightly. sot Men a nin mi aiti it am. A Touching Scene In Courl. Kerm Wanti Another Trlal.-Tlie Ualrympla Cnr, Lie The morning In Judge Kane't eanc turn waa devote J atmoit exclusively to criminal buslneee, nnd the day ofned with the paialng of aentencoa Uon prisoners whose itaea had irovlouity come before the court The cotive)" once from tho jinltentlery arrived ibortly after 0.50, bringing downthoio upon whom Chief Justice Zane hid to pronounce Judgmeut. Among the numler waa Oltf (laguon, the "king" of the band bf counterfeiter, whoie recent doing. In this locality occasioned eome lllr at tbetlmu the apurloua colu manufactured In the little upstaln room of the Hlnger building began to circulate. (lagiiou, who plead guilty to the charge against him soon after hie armt, la bv no means a man of criminal type, ilo I. a thick et, decertly drcraed oung fellow of :o, hat a rather Intelligent face, aod his ajpearattce Is that of a respectable mechanic. III. wife and chlld-a bright Utile girl about two years old awallett hla cotrlug til the marshal's ofllce thla rooming, and he greeted and killed them inoet allettlonately. The rlaouer wai not placed la the "cage" dur Ing the lime which Inlerveaed between hie arrival and htsapiaarance tfore Ibe court, but waeallowed to be seated Willi hla wife In the ileputlu' room, where the two engaged In earnest conversation. Oignon nurred hi. child til" whole time; hugged her to him, and when Imprinting klnei upenlherllia big teara couritd down hi. cheeks. The wife a good looking young woman of tltoiflgure-trlel hard to atllle her emotion, but occa-alonally occa-alonally gave vent to tears and castmoat apivallng looks at those around. It was a truly palhetlo eceue. When Judge Zane took hla seat at 10 o'clock. lj.I)alrinplo waa flr.t called upon to receive Judgment. Ho hod Wen convicted of adultery. Hla attorney, at-torney, Mr. rulnim. addrriitd the court la mitigation uf imnlihrnent, lnllng out that the defendant, boforo marrylug hla preaent wife, made no iromlie of marriage to the oting woman with whom ho committed the olIYmo charged, Charlotte Mill", and tbat no breach of faith had len shown audi aa was. common In caeca of till, kind. District Attorney Varlan reminded the court that the evidence showed the defeudaul tu have committed adultery with Mla Mills on one occasion after hi. marriage. Judge Zauetald he did not rtgaril adultery aa to Injurious to soclity aa tho oflctiiu of uulawful cohabitation. Ilo waa dlijoecd to make the defendant', defend-ant', punishment lomewltat light, aa theevllencu ilnted to tho fact that tie bore a good character up tu thla time. Ho would lie coutlui-d In the (lenllcnllary for four months. VAfTEli en.NTt.NCM iiriKiuirn. Jamea Ilansoinc, convicted of burglary, burg-lary, next came forward He asked the court to defere.ntencuuntll Hatur day next, a. alnce the trial he had not had an opportunity of consulting hla attorney on certain polnla looklog to n mollou for a new trial. Asalilant Dlilrlct Attorney BUj hena ollerlmr no oljectlon. Judge Zane granted iUnumie'aappilcallou. KLIUl'H .NTW 1IIIAU At thu requcat of Attorney Armstrong, Arm-strong, thesentence upon Albeit Kerm (convicted on Thursday of robbery) waa positioned from today until Hatur day next, when the motion for a now trial will be made. bl'milTTEII. In the case of the People ve, Oeorgo Tartello, agalnit whom the graud Jury had returned an Indictment for keei-Ing keei-Ing and selling cigars, ttc, tiarlng a lounterfclt trade mark, the demurrer waa art uad I y H. 1'. Armalrong, Par-tella'a Par-tella'a attorney. Proucutlug Attorney Attor-ney Bte hens reprcseuteit the roiccu-tloo, roiccu-tloo, wlilch waa Instituted by the International In-ternational Clgarmakeia Union. After argument the case waa submitted. sub-mitted. AMI HOW UAClrluN COHI-S. Olaf (lagnon, tlin coun'crfiller, hid walked Into the courtroom carrying hla Utile girl In his arms, and accompanied accom-panied I y his wife. They omiilrJ auata on tho front bench, tho i risoner praising tbo child fondly to him the whole lime until his name was called. He could not restrain hi. tears, hla llpa iiulverej, and his entire frame shook with emotion. The wile sobbed bitterly and was the object of gencr.il When the fotegolng case, had been dlsroied of, District Attorney Varlan Informed tho Court that (lagnon was ready for sentence. Uon thla announcement being made, the defendants wfe, who Mas till weiplng, walked up to Judge Zsne'aeeat, and wlthoutaaylug a wcrd handed to his Honor n sealed l ackago. Hbethen rejoined her builand. Whilo the Judge was pursuing tho contenta of the envelo , J.xMarsbal Young eteppod forward and explained tbat he wrote lettcrato genlleuiiiiln varloui tuwna, entlnly ou his own account, with a vlewuf ascertaining whether (iagnoti had been in trouble for counterfeit coining before coming to Halt Lake, and what had been handed uptohlsllunor wero thereplleatohl. luiiulrlee. It was In no waj at the defendant', solicitation that ho wrote those letters. Judge Zane told the defendant to stand up, nnd (lagnon, with tiara coursing down his cheek., at once trinibliugly obiyed the command, "Have you anything to an?" In qulied hla Honor Jagiion answered I have nothing tossy, sir. I am guilty of thu crime. III. trill Attorney Varlan, In reply to a question by the court, raid that llaj. uoiiapiearrd to have been a respect, able working man up to tho (line of thlaofleuie, A. far a. hemuld Unrn, ho had earned an honeal living i rlur to till, oiourreuce. He prccured lb, ncceisary material, with which to make counterfeit mlu, which win manufactured In a Utile room occur led by himself aud wife In n builllnion Hecond Houtb atrtet, corner of Htatr, On oue occaaloo, at lead, he pntied one of the coins. Connected with hi in werueeveral other men arraigned the other day either for uttering or at-tiiinpting at-tiiinpting to utter the money. Counsel had reaiun to believe tbat the letters Just handed In were true and that this was Uagnoo'a flrst oflenee. Judge Zane then aiked the ih fen. danl How long have )ou lived lu thla ciliT (I.gnun Blnre the 1 at of Novomlier t came hue from Wallace, Idaho, where 1 worked as a stonemason. That l my triile. . JiidgcZcnc Did) ou engage In your trade here? Defendant replied no that lie had acted ni a bartender. To further uuca Hon. he said he worked at tile trade In Idahoataiutthreo month", llefure that ho wa. a barte ndcr al Port Towhaeuil He alio worked In a foundry therefor alx month, aa a helier. Judge 'anet. that your wlfo and child fitting be.lde you? Dotendant Vie, elr. Judge Zino How long have )ou been mairled? Defendant Four year. Ibe olh uf last November JllJge Zane Parents living? Defendant Yea, air, my father Ii In Dakota. Judge Zane Have you ever com-milted com-milted any crime before? Defendant Never In my life, air. Judge Zane How came you to com mil thla one? Defendant (with a deep drawn algli) Well, It waa through the Influuiice of another man, llijuor, and ono thing and another. Judge Zauo How much money did you counterfeit? Defendant About J 1100, but only $300 wcte glided. Judge Zane ( aippoeoynu havo no mranaof ylnga line? Defendant roolleil that he hail not. Judge Zine The itatuto provUee a. the punishment for thl. cla. of of-feme, of-feme, for the layment of a fine of not more than $3i0U or Intprliouuicnt for not more than ten years. I u view of the clrcumitincc. of j our cae, as It apars from these Ictlvre which have been presented, and the atatcment uf the attorney for the Government, I am dt'po-ed to give you re short term of Imprlionmenr only. You will bo. vu-teueed vu-teueed to confinement In tho penitentiary peniten-tiary fern tcrru of onuyear, with hard lalor. When the lenience wa. pronounced U.giion'. face brlghtcucd anl he smiled aisurlngly at hla wlfv.aa though tho jutilfhmcnt una lighter than ho had autlcll ated. After taking leave of Mrs. Osgnon and the bbolti tho Marstinl'a room, the prlionor was conveyed to thu pent tenllary. Mra. (iagnon will remain wllh her frlenils In Idaho during her liuiUnd'a Iniarce ration. The other counterfeiter, will come up for trial shortly. . TWO PIKArl OF .VOTlCiUIITY. Krank II. Ulirord pleaded not guilty ton charge of lorclng the date, upon two Union Puclllo rallroaj tickets, under clrrumitanccs already elated lu tho Jen..). The date of tho trial wai not a-t. Jerome C. Htulth wa. next arraigned oiiachaigoofaMailltTrltli a 'deadly wrapon"(whlcli tho ludlclment aiiecl-flel aiiecl-flel as a heavy llile) uiiou Henry It Hohllllng, Willi Intent to do him bodily barm. He pleaded not guilty. Attorney At-torney Armitrong will defend. CIVIL U1T. In thocapeof I.zraThomr-on et nl vi. David Keith ct al., thu I Ig mlulug dispute, tho court on application of counsel re-set thu hcerlug for March SI st. A M-.W TIIIAL ALIIW CD. In the ou of the United Htalevv.. George 1 atchell, Indicted for forulcv tlon, the motion tor a new tntl wai nrgued by Attorney B. II. Lewli f r thu defendant and Prosecuting Attorney Attor-ney Htephene on the other eldu. A uew trial was granted. Tilt: Dttiuai cise. The Peoplu vs. lleo. W. IJrlggs, Jr., Indicted for forgery. Iho demurrer wa. confessed and the cao re-tub- lulttud. A UATTIII UtOlt HOUMTIfUI. lleber Cooper aud I.lltj Fawkev were next arraigned on a charge of adultery, at Bountiful. The elelend-nuts, elelend-nuts, through their attorney, Mr. A. II. Hawyer pleaded not guilty, Thu date of thu trial waa not let. At i-VW Judge Zine adjourned hla Court until Monday morulug, at 10 u'clock. |