Show mock trial thal A rew EW if form forin of t has been discovered in salt lake entertainments of all kand kind shave beep been so SD numerous that the public appetite wre satiated aid a new mew sensation was in demand it came cam e in I 1 tile the form of a mock trial Arial wl wherein gerein miss L trent was plaintiff and samuel 11 II lewis defendant it wa was a breach of pro promise milse sult suit and the fair plaintiffs affections were modestly estimated 1 I to be worth ogden hiles hike was judge judge rowers r represented the plaintiff n tiff and judge goodwin goodwill the cide defendant therrial The trial was beldin held in the salt Sall lake Theat theatre xe and the horse was croll ded We elipa few feat from the account given alven by the tribune vie ilie case cafe anva was s hotly contested from start to finish the right 11 of the court to sit on oil thomase tho the case was as will lo 10 30 aren from to in tho kite following follo then ilen judge powers IT ID t 0 aind tilt malicious cd the right of f the court to sit eit in the liec caze aae on the hie grou ground lid that lie he wasa was a eoll confirmed firmed i wom woman a it b later ater and 00 gouid udd not dot ll 11 bete outi out justice ustice to the fail air deren defendant dant ilis his associate counsel C S kinney followed up tile the verbal assau assault 1 t ly by l y reading affidavits adi davits subscribed and sorn 81 orn to byc by C S kinney joe gallgher W V 11 II bird bomin boman cannon S 11 II harris and charles T stevenson all of whom declared that lie was such a confirmed woman hater bater that he would not even subscribe for a newspaper that had a crinoline advertisement in it A NANT AFFIDAVIT Steven sons sous alli affidavit davit was the most malignant and is herewith reproduced in its entirety charles T stevenson being duly sworn on oil oath says ays that he be lias has I 1 known ogden hiles for something like eighty five years that when ll 11 lie first became acquainted with said hiles was upon the alie bottom I 1 lands of the missouri river of pratt county missouri that at that time this and i aid judge 0 hiles were hoys boys together 1 anil chased razor backed hogs 0 through the sl ashin hinga in order to obtain their bacon and drank their blackjack black jack from a jug with a cob said affiant further says that lie he verily rily believes that said hi hiles les is not competent to sit as presiding judge at the trial of tile the above ci entitled I 1 cause because 1 that said hiles since his boy bood has ever shunned the company of women and has become a veritable woman hater bater 2 that said hiles still dri drinks aks his bis blackjack black jack from the original I 1 stone jug and the old cob is still in use 3 that said judge hiles was expelled from the Batch elors protective association in 1846 for over zealousness in taisto wit in refusing to take off his hat in a kansas ads city elevator when several women were aboard 4 that he had heard judge hiles talk frequently in his sleep and andal always referring to women with the greatest abhorrence and further affiant saith not CHAS T STEVENSON subscribed and sworn to before me this day of february 1893 MIKE notary 1 public tim jurors oath reminds one p N iafe red aati attires at times n to ap applicants for marriage licenses by bv a certain county clerk IV with ith whom it is barely possible some gome of our readers may be acquainted whose e flow of language is only equaled in it volume vol by thea lu aber of of initials f hat precede his surname it is as follows TIIE THE JURORS OATH alit tit jury was then sworn tile the 0 catli a tit being as follows you and each of you do solemnly swear that you have resided in the state of ff matrimony since the la last S t democratic demo 0 a t j e ratification ati on that your trading post is in zion ion that you are a married man mail and that the name of your plural wife is eliza anu ann that eliat you you will support yourself und your your mother in law and ille the constitution of tile tho united states that you will vote for home rule and klith faithfully fUlly obey the laws of ireland and especially an in net act of congress entitled an act to amend L an all act E entitled an act to wend amend section also the revised city ordinances in reference to borse stealing arid and other crit crimes in said act defined and forbidden and a nd that you will not directly or indirectly aid or abet counselor counsel or advise it iny ny other person to commit any of said crimes such as claim jumping tinhorn gambling poverty begging stealing steal irig or voting tle the liberal libera I 1 ticket that you have not been convicted of any of said crimes within the last week or if you have that you committed the sie in self defense that you do not associate with horse thieves dog do catchers or other city officials and yo yon ti do further swear that you will never go on oil a junketing trip without providing C the necessary 3 so help you grover tile the opening statement proved oue 01 e of the prosecuting pros ciencin n attorneys to have great descriptive iv e powers lie ile called the cowering defend anta serpent a hu human ulan excrescence li i basilisk eyed lietch a pirate of love ove on the high ghigli sea pea of oalif life a worm a afoul fou 1 alid loathsome creature anil and concluded his word picture by denouncing noun cing him as a jekyll and alyde sort ort s 7 of if a rilan man this is a fair sample of the letters produced my illy dear little birdie rl rilie thoua though oh it has been scarce two hours bou rs sl since nee our sad sweet farewell it seems ages to me my heart has accumulated love enough to overflow all these liese t valleys I 1 think of you eve every ry minute and my longing C 0 to be with you is ancee sant ant I 1 gaze upon la your picture arid and those sweet lip ailts lilts seem beem again shaping 1 to say 1 I will because I 1 love jove you B bit alt I 1 did not mean to write of love what we said settled all and was cri enough ough but my pen overflowed with the fullness of my heart I 1 meant to write of bu business I 1 want you to 0 go g 0 into a and nd make the second R payment on the parlor set for the month is up tomorrow darling and I 1 forgot all about it yesterday vest erday afternoon 0 fo o swiftly the time flew in your dear presence your true lover CUPID VALENTINE LEWIS lentis 11 the arguments arau ments were voluminous arid and funny the jury without leaving ng their seats returned a verd verdict act of guilty tile the receipts were large b and went to the unitarian society fo for r whose benefit the novel entertain enter tain ment was 12 gotten 0 0 tt ell hajt asp J L |