Show J JUDGMENT m IN GI CHAMBERS M ERS GASE CASEI Judge Howell Enters Decree Against Councilman Con Convicted Convicted Convicted by y Jury IS DEPRIVED OF HIS OFFICE Ami ml Must Par IMy Costs o lH IM ut of f lury S tell Comes In III for SOl Courts iii OgEn n March arch 3 After another tiny day of ot arguments on t thu tho lu part of ot counsel In tM rho matter of or J D Skeen against Fred Freil l rc 1 W Chambers J I A Howell nowell lato Jato yesterday afternoon pronounced Judgment on tho tha defendant who nho about one ollo week weel eel ago ngo was tens found guilty of ot charging and collecting Illegal f t fees 8 from the tho city while a 11 member of ot the Ogden Owlen city council Before rendering judgment Howell made a II statement which ap all applied plied to 10 both Loth the Chambers and IIII Craig rases ra In which ho he held that tho the pres pren present ent Jury system which hud had been de del l d by hy our wall nun perhaps put pot the best beet system and ami It was certain certainly ly Ii not nol perfect Ho Ito then added Hut But It IB Is tho system under which the court Is 18 working The Tho jury jur Is Just as much a IJ part of ot tho rho court as the tho judge therefore I always go with tho the Jury end BO IO till fur I have not set get aside a 11 ver verdict verdict verdict dict of the tho Jury jur since r I have hivo been beell on Hie Ih bench And yet I 1 realize that It Is U Utho the tho courts duty dut to do so when tho rho ev ov evidence Is la notoriously against the thc ver II did t hind Hall I r been one aile of ot tho the Jurors In inthis this lulb case ca e my Judgment might not have been ns os theirs lIe He then entered tho the following judg in nt The Tho judgment of ot the court Is that the he defendant Fred Fret V Chambers be deprived of ot his and for tor such wets costs as II allowed In civil ct vII cases Every Ever very ng made by counsel t to to secure a n stay tUy oC or exe un after litter the court had tented a motion llon for a 11 new trial They The stated that th they wore ware not able to argue the motion notion for tor a II now nolY trial on account of Sr f preparing affidavits to be bo filed filet with the motion mollon Each Elich argument brought forth iirth was WIlS met by thu tha th counsel for tor the with the result that Chambers Chamber sot oat ot only will be compelled to 10 vacate acate the of ot president of ot tho the city council but tut must stand the tha cost of ot the thc trial us III aswelt welt sell elL Practically the whole of the Ihl morning tension sub taken token up tin with the tho arguments ments of ot counsel The fhe defendant ploy play ing tag for more time and tho the plaintiff strenuously opposing It Finally tho the court ourt granted the tho defense until 2 3 In the afternoon to 10 present their mo too motion tion Ilan for a i now trial with the rite vitI attached When the court recon reconvened reconvened In tho the afternoon tho the motion and ant were forthcoming Counsel tor to defense e held bel that the Jury Will wis prejudiced diced against the In sup support port fort of or this thin contention con they followed the Hit argument nt up with the affidavit of at Isaac l a ic Flinders nod Fred Frel Dalton In certain Irregularities on the part of or jurors and ant Hancock were wert cru alleged From these the tho In was uis passed pass that lint the tho Jury hud had been worked with It was also that the the case caso did till not Ilot support tho the verdict and that the charge charKe of the court was unfair to 10 the besides being of or too loo great freal length In bh his argument ar regarding tho the prejudice prejudice dice of the Jury Judge Judg W I pie lili In III pleading pleating for tor the defendant defend mt refer reter rd r d to too the of or Mr Dalton Dulton and Mr Ir Flinders and then addressed s ed his hi to Attorney J 1 N nf of te the th prosecution pros The rho latter Is hI h known f tr fr r his dry humor and wit BO so when Mr Air paid eald How flow would wout you like it Mr to be Le placed place on trial on an a IJ criminal charge before a II Jury jur In that state of ot mind 1 lie replied lOr I II Wo c a It I 1 like to tobe be b t tiled iel on en any criminal charge I might be convicted especially If It you ou acre hie my lilY counsel In rn denying the motion for tor n a new flow trial I ma LIlI a stay stO of ot execution tho the court held tho the contention com the de he her rIis r in tho the Judges charge to the Jury fins Kag as not well taken and anil an as to the mis of ot tho the Jurymen ho that here there I was no merit to tho thu contention n naM aM mt therefore denied the motion Another Incident i dung durl tho the e lon width MiMi Ihl h broke the tho monotony of ut tho thin long brought out by IJ Attorn n r J N Kimball utter lifter the court luau had haded ed Judgment on rot tho the Defendant T when ho Will was recognized by hy h he Court mid said 50 Id IdAS AS AM s fur for JH liS tho the In iii the emu oiw III t rioted closed IH It concerned us liS till fur as liS any an M pI his hl hi and nto we Bale ale the tho th whole that appeared l p I the e a 1110 nab columns o or the Tribune 1 is morning m 11 the th court couii I I fr r postponing the Chambers Chamber t ca e from I time limo to time lime We repudiate the whorl whom editorial wherein It refers to the Iho post 1051 postponement lo t of lIr the thc cast CUt I r he hI continued addressing till the court our your you honors hOllor action In the Chambers case has lius been blen entirely under the thu circumstances In DI reply Judge Howell Rowell Jow 1 stated that luring during the trial of tit east cues there thele hal hail been heen many malty II published through till the th gross s that were 1 but that till inasmuch h a nil ho had not noticed them before he ha h did dill not lIot think It well to 10 notice them now HIe then thell said Bald saidI I proceeded with my m duty duly as IIA called foi for by tho the oath I took when an op Ruining Burning tho tile and no criticism e whether personal or 01 through ough the thc c can n Interfere In III any terry with my shy m do hag Ing what I believe to I be ho my duty dut |