Show THOUBLESAQ1IN The ExRecorder of r Big Cottonwood Before a i t Jury In Nonells Court irs4c J THIS TIME OFFENSE IS A MISDEMEANOR i On Approl oon a tk Coot Tronblo h II mh 01 WRY In I aii au Allcjrl tulllnei crva The troubles of James T Monk the Citr ¼ xmlnlng recorder for the Big Cottonwood u Cotton-wood district nre riot jet all over Ivan r I-van believed that when ha obejed the u tt tee writ or mandate Ioy turning OVer his 1r r 1 records to County rtecorder Jensen u l that the matter would end there but i Ill such soems not to hc the case kb I1rJ1 for today he Is on trial lie u u1 7 I u utl u fore Judge Norrelt and a Jury j for misdemeanor In that ho failed tout a to-ut u IJH u dell Vera C the records In his possession oc posses-sion In I accordance with the law governing I gov-erning such matters After the dIf dI-f ° 5uePt 1 position of the present case llr Monk r rstll be cOlltrollll1 with soother a charge that of felony It be s J I ins alleged that h cOllcealcd i 1tou t public property ThIs IItul cas h OlseVer u Th-Is on appeal l from n u S fase COllrt The history ot the case Is an Interesting C l t Inter-esting one and dates back to last June whn County noconIer Jenen for the r0 purpose of obtaining possession oC the u ku4 u u mining recouls of the His Cottonwood yuyr uu1 uuu district lodged n complaint In Justice u of the Peace McMasters court chargIng nkt uu u 5u J Ing Monk with hllvlng foIled to comply Iu tlju com-ply with the lute lie was round jt4u guilty and fined tM and costs from Iji Ius which Judgment he appealed The C i 1b ¼ bu u pros entcuce Is I the one on ap > elli f Monk stIll railed to eIltver to the I I u ej 0 reeortunO d some tlmo later Mr Jn lli res 10Iod a olmllllr complaint ogalat e him In the Justices court from ivhlch OiJ p I d ohnnce 01 venue was taken to Justice leue c SCu Jus-tice MirrgctlscolirC The latter held I fC1J ° the law I rtltutlonal and dismissal the ca County Attorney Van Cott sf I took the position that Monk was liable to prosecution each day after the law It went Into effect It lie failed to comply I I t with IL I tT r Subsequent to this another complaint u u u5 u u com-plaint was filed on a similar charBe u I ° IiJe5 for failure at such subsequent time to 0 VIs comply with the I Uw t This was In the f jl0 30 e u police rourt whcio he was convicted I Juius Mr Jensen then went before Judge Cherry und obtained I a writ of n1 ut mandate The court gave Mr Monlt u4 live days to turn over the books Ho < t5 ° ° C bC5h Ignored the courts order however and I i uJu t o I wns aelJudg1 to be In ontmpt and ordered sent to the county Jail where o 0 c ° I he remained for about three months Monk then filed an afldalt for a writ ho yOdilbfiOl of habeas corpus which wan denied by oI iN Judge Cherry and from this decision uoifI he appealed to the Supreme court ° j r0 eJ which later held the law to be constitutional ii ° ° consti-tutional Then Mr Jensen camo Into u i possession of the records it J flo While In Jail Mr Monk and Sheriff Lewis had some dinlculty In cone e05e 0tLc k < uuence ot which the prisoner was put 4ie on low diet It seems that Monk had Do refused to comply with one of the prison rules which required prisoners to attend church on Sunday hence the punishment Monk then filed a t2D n 000 damage suit against Sheriff Lewis and his bondsmen alleging cruelty on t1 uI 1 tn the part of the Jailor i11 Before the empanelUm of a Jury was 1k 0 u proceeded with today Attorney J A e DS ° etdhLl Williams who appeared In behalf ot the defendant demurred to the complaint com-plaint on the uround that It did not contain facts suillclcnt to constitute a cause ot action County Attorney o ° t MpoJ1 Van Colt argued that it did and was ustitned by the court t44 Only two witnesses were called Ite oi < corder Jem en and Deputy Clerk C B 0 I ir I Felt Mr Jensen named the records llj ° 0 received from Monk since the courts IJoeou order In October while Mr Felt identified 00 CL cu identi-fied the defendants handwriting In his anwor to the appllcatln for 0 writ efmnndatelaStOniasaosoner Itwos stated thAt he did not know where the reeorda were The defendant was lovIng erosse 0818 4tut nmlned by County Attorney Van Colt u j 0 F this afternoon To Ilussugs Onits FIII ThomM nadellrte and his wife Sarah o kuhn Radcllrt are naing Snit Iake City nn1 51 the Rapid Transit company In tho I Third district nnoel to ow hnfj from Iei jt for aWt perrondI 8010101 I ° cIt c-It the complolnt it 10 IdleKod that an the night of November 17 1857 Mrs idcllrfe was a passciiger on tho Hopld Transit company car and that while In the net of alighting rnrn the rar at the Intersection ot d mod htrel streets Hha stepped I into sun oprs sewer Corelons la 0110011 on the pact ar the eonluctor In stolplng the car hen he did and the city is alan occued or gross 1I1I1Ince on1 cure 1 < on In allowill the sewer too reo main uhluordell |