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Show STORY OF A FORGED CHECK. It Was Chen to a Restaurant Keeper to Settle a Beard Bill T'TO IT tUS I OK MIUmmiOMY Tho Trial of theAllrirriUflntitcrMferi hel. lord lontltttdor loaull. The (Jrorabtck Cov, 1 tc. The Third Dlilr'ct Courls were In fullawlnc this lurrnlnp, JuJZsno conllnuliifC with the criminal caiea andJude Andrrion attain taking up the liw and motion calendar. The following came I cfore the Chief Juitlcel M3inutrk ovrRiitn.Kn. The demurrer to the crocomlalnt In the ra of Wm. Hardman vs. Wm. Harvey el al wai overrulwl. TIIF JDHY BAY GUILTY, In thecaxe of Charles Ford, triad yesterday afternoon on acharpoof a fault, the Jury riew brought In a sealed verdict flndlne; the prisoner Kullty. ILK.U1 NUT (1UII.TV. Nicholas Urorabeck, of HprlnRvlllf. was arraigned ou a charge ofadultepr, having bsen Indicted by Iheloat grand Jury. He leaded not guilty. THII AI I TO! I OuLWFHfKITEUS. Onappicatlon of District Attorney Stephens, the trial of the alleged coun lerfelter, Hrague et a!,, wm t for the 23rd Init. (Jaguoo, the "klDg" seutenoetl n week ago to twelve months' Imprisonment, and his wife, will bo a mi PR the wltoeMes for the fironecutlon, and the rate Is 0Ticted o bean iDlerctlngono, UUNK AWAY Full TWO KAH3. Charles Maurlo, d, fouuil guilty yesterday aftvriiooti of grand Urrony, vlx .ateallna'aautii of monev beljiiif lug to A restaurant keeper on went Hremd Mouth street, hy whom he wns employed as cock, cam u forward fur sentence. Attorney Armstrong, for thedtfund ant, said that Maurlu had leeii In prison since June uth, le9l, awaiting trial. JIehoid thu court Mould show leniency on that account. Ha was sentenced to two years In theenltenllary. CIlAimtlMWTII tUIUltltY. I'eter Nelson, who had the appear-ancudf appear-ancudf areiictaUn mechanic, aboit forty years of agrt was Indicted for forging a check under circumstances detallnl below. Tho prosecution was conduclod by AaaHttnt City Attorney JJchnor; At torneyJobu At. Cannon defended tho noenned. The esse for the prosicutlon was that on or a lout December lUih, In hit year, the ilsftnJaut was n boarder at the restaurant kert by an Italian namel Martin FlontM, on . Wcat Tenirle strraU llelng Indebted to 1 loroaae Ui the extent ofatnafj, he 1 Squared up" with him by handing over a check for tl5 oti Wells Fargu A. (Jo.'a bank. The check bore tho alguature A, O, Palmer, and waa endowed en-dowed "lVler Anderron," by whhh alias It was tUted by Mr. Flchnor, the ilefeudant had been going about When making out the check, however, he a pp a red to havo overlooked the alias aud wrote his pro(r name, but afterwards craaed thla aud wrote Peter Anderson over It. Whenthu cheque was prtsonted at thu bank It was ro-fuhftd, ro-fuhftd, there being "no account" Florese, while on the wltiifns stand, sorely perplexed tho JuJge, Jury, attorneys at-torneys and court aleiiogrei her owing tf hla very Imperfect knowledge of the Kngllsh language, and they had a try liiguartirof an hour wllti him. 11 l-s uvldi ncu boru out tho mnln facts above reel tod. Mr. Palmer said ho waa not acquainted ac-quainted with the dtfundaut. Hehad realded lu the rlty altue 1S7.', and knew of no other A. U, Palmer here. Tho signature on the cheque waa Dot In hlsbandwrltlug, Wheu arruttvtl by Police Captain Donovan, fifteen othercbuii, blauVe, worn fouud unsn thv defeudauU Attorney Cannon submlttod that there was uo (osu logo to thai J ur; Lut the Judge rulml otherwise. Thodefundnnt. whols a Hwe lo, took tho stand and (his acquaintance with the Kngllali tongue Ulug very limited) gave testimony through an Interpreter, Hslllirttjraguo. Heiuild heottalned this lArtloular cheuuo from a mau nannd l'etar Anderson, who owed him nmuey. Mr, likhuor wanted to know where Peler Anderson llvtd, and deftudsnl said they ramo together from Denver two yt imago. He did not know where Andrraon waa uow, but believed soiuw-uhere soiuw-uhere among tho smelters. Ho had sought him In vol ii, 'the sumo mu gave him the fifteen blank clucks, AUurniyhlchnor(tothelnterprtter) Ask him If hehss ovur bovu con vlcted of any crltnt? Attorney Cannon objected to tho qufstton, as be Jug Improper crouei amlnntlon. Judgu Ztna said such a question could only Lu tut as nfTucUug hla credibility. Attorney l.tchnor iepllod that that a the only otject ho had In view, The quuatlon was ut to tho defendant, defend-ant, who n i lied through the lnter-freter lnter-freter "Vet, aud 1 thank him (Mr. Jchnor)forlt. Attorney Flchnor Ask him how many Units he haa boon convicted. 1 don't think I will get the blame for all. Jlallll Hpragmi (ofter another "confab." "con-fab." with tho ilrfeudantj-llo say hedoean'tkiiow how many times he hat been. (Laughter ) Attorney F.lchuor mentioned rovers! occasions on which the defendant had been charged, and, cvrbiluly once, convlclinlattho cltv llte court for ltlt lsnvuy, tut Nelson "could not rememt er" an thing ubout It. Attorney l.lthuor Ask him how much lime ho has sptut out of Jail within the last two year. Itallltl Hjraguo did a nnd got thN reply Lit him (Mr. Flchuur) sa). (laughter.) Attorney F.lchuor That's all. 1 hree m lliu-sies men who tiad worked with thu dttfenJaut at lnIng atrmt puvlug slncuOiIoberlat were calhd, and ald ho waa hoHfwt, so far as they knew. Croa examtuud they atateu that they did not know tuade-ftmdsnthsd tuade-ftmdsnthsd leeu convicted. In fact, they wero able fo tell vcryllttlu about him. lite Jury found the prisoner guilty. He waited time for senteuco ami was ordered to bu kept lu tho poulltutlary for three jtan. Kttrnrffl kepoht co.nfihmh. lnthecosoof James Ilurna vi: JelT Clark, the report of the referee-(pre. sented by Jiidee Hoge, for thoplaln- UfXa,) was confirmed. AKHATH 1181 111. Iu the esses of tho United Htalea vs. Mljlomtte Coleman aud the Unite I Btates va. Fred. Horkln, charged with adultery, an or fir fur variants tn Usue was made, iho honJ In sch tuitancn belns; fix! at t-V. WfrrntDAY AITEltNOOf, After the cvm of the Khwrt report yesterday afttrno&n the folloning do-fendantneome do-fendantneome InforethnroiirU ALLlAJU) lAUE lUCTIlNCr.V Frank A Fas-more, a stylish young fetliw whose recent doings In California Cali-fornia have rurnhhed anijlo material for tlienewpaprrs, waa arraigned en a charge of oftftlnlng $2iXl from the Commercial National bank and Charles H, Vail, by filse pretence. Aa the defendant attorney, Mr. . II. Dickaon, Hasnolabletobeiresenti the enre went uver for a day or two. wiuiT TiticnK to atrrr, rut. John Meeks and Charles Hay, In dieted for burglarizing the Methodist church on toe night of February Ulh, were next arraigned. The flrrt named defendant entered a plea of not guilty, but the other man said he "rather thought" ho waa guilty. Hall the Judge Vou are lltble to twenty yeara' Imprisonment unler that plea. Do you still wish to plead guilty? ' unanswered Hay, "Lull wuhto make a statement." Judge Zane Whst Is It? Defendsnt Hluiply that this church was unlocked, and we went In there for noolhirpurpoaethsn t alien. Vou didn't Intend to stcalanj thing? queried his Honor. No, sir; we had no such Ide. I broke my leg some time ago and I hal only been out or the hotpttal a short lime an I was troke, 1 wanttd laco toslrep.thatwasall." "Well, If that Is the case," sal Mho Ju tue, "you ought not to lead gullly. I will appoint Mr. Patterson to roofer with you." And ao a rlsa of not guilty went Uon the record. v Till: CKIAU MAN Henry Fugh, formerly inglneerat tho Wasatch bullalng, entermlajlta of guilty to an Indictment, charging him with stealing lu,ui tlgrs from Hirchler's I'quor house on March fl. The facts of tue caau wire reported lu thtae bolumui a few days since, Bcntouco was set for Haturday. A3UTHIH CIUAII It Al I John Horry and John Noonan, charged ulih burglarising the Mint saloon ou February 8th U.t and steal log 1000 cigar, pleaded notgulll. Jese Ktlll, a mero boy, waa next arraigned ar-raigned on a charge of stealing a j air of gloves, valued ut $5, the j roperty of F. M Houton. He p eaded nut guilty anil Attorney J. Anderson was a( olutedlo defend. AN UNa-UltlUKATR U9. Cecil Cooper.au lulollleut 1 oy of thirteen, of Uuaky huo nut desrrtUhl as belonging to the J.ut Indlts, was arraigned and ileaJed gullt to a chargo of having stoltn $t!4 from a btothcr at thu Warm Bprlugr. Attorney Attor-ney I.oohrle, on behalf of thu accused, told a touching story. His mother tiled when hu was very joung and the father had treated him In a cruel manner. The poor boy undurtnl the nbue as longns hoooulJ, and then roaolved to steal encujh money to take him beyond his "par tnl V reach 1 1 e entered adalhrooui a thu H rings and tookj tlm $11 from a gentleman's pocktt. Half an hour or ao later he wua undtr arroat. The graud Jury found nj Indhtment ngilnit the unfortunate for sleallug IdJ. Attorney Iochrlostatitl that the boy confuted to stealing the $01, but that Ultlrer Hoed, who arrested hlta, had taken $J of It from him. Judge Ksne ordurcd a subpronn Uuod fur the special iollcuidmer and Ibfusentenctfl jouug Cooptr to the Iteform Hrhool, O Ulcer Heed subaequently tamo Into rout! and Uitlrkd that thu lad had but V'-on his person whuu taken Into custody. Thus the caie terminated. |