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Show 1 ' J. C. Tat i MM District eoart met here on Monday Mon-day to hear the contest for the office ef sheriff of Grand eoenty. Some little time was spent in tb6 ease of Parl.y Larsen and F. B. Hammond, Sr. who were up before the eourt for oonteaapt in not doing their duty as jury commifBioners. The court took th. matter under advisement until th. afternoon sess-aad sess-aad fined them $10 .sob. Livingston of Provo was the attorney at-torney for A. M. R jrtson aud Nye of Salt Lake aid J. N. Corbin were the attorneys for J. C. Taylor. Livingetoa read the allegations and answer in tbe case and begged to mak. a slight amendment in correction cor-rection of an error in the allegations, Kye d.nys the right to Hake changes but the court sustained Livingston. Liv-ingston. Charles RobersoD the judge of Preoint No. 1 was the first witness brought on the stand. Nye denied the right of Liviog-ton Liviog-ton to bring the case into court on the gropnd that the allegations bowed nothing in it abont there having been any election held. Livingston makes a plea for amendment wbi.h the court (ranted and took a 6 minnte reeess to give Livingston time to draw up ad incorporate an amendment to the allegations. Court rcum.d work after five tniaetes. Kye objected to amendment being be-ing admitted but was overruled by the eoart. Charles Roberson was brought up and examined aad no proof of frsud could be found. Roberson was then subjected to 3 cross examination by Nv, again by Livingston, then Nye and again by Livingston. Will Bliss was the next judge of election of Precinct No. 1 and was brought on the witns stand. It took little time to dispose of bim as what he testified was the same as that of Roberson. He wa only examined once by Livingston and once by Nye. Livingston then made a plea for the opening of tbe ballot box and the votes recounted. ' Kye denys the right to open the boxes on the ground that nothing was brought up to jaatify that action. act-ion. Livingston sgain resumed his ar. gum.nt for tbe opening of tbe box and laid the count was strange that all tbe candidates were short just about the same number of vot. Court dismissed the allegation of fraud and orders the count of the ballots. Conrt adjonrned until 2 p. m. Court resumed work at 2 p. m. Ballot box was opened and tb. ballots were counted by the judge. The result of the oount showed that J. C. Taylor had bi'en credited with on. vote too many, Livingston then had a few words with Robertson aud tbey deoided to withdraw the contest. Robertson was permitted to settle up with tbe witnesses aud pay th. cost privately instead of putting it in th. hands of tbe court. J. K. Oorbin, attorney for Adel. bert Taylor, brought the L. S. Taylor Tay-lor estate before tbo probats court. |