Show COURT roy hodgkinson found guilty of statutory offense other cri criminal M proceedings roy hodgkinson was this morning found guilty of a statutory offense explicit t charge in tho the complaint being felony the extreme punishment for which is 5 years in tha penitentiary the prosecution was represented by district attorney D D houtz and the defense was represented by pope hanson tho the original complaint charged adultery and felony to which complaint the defense demurred and tho the demurer demerer was sustained the district attorney afterwards brought in a complaint charging the defendant with felony minnie patry the girl with whom the defendant had illicit relations her father and county clerk J C hacking were the only witnesses examined by the state tho the father testified test fied that the girl is under age and hacking testified that he acknowledged Hodgkin sons signature to a confession that he had committed the offense as charged hodgkinson admitted in court that he was guilty of an offense but not the offense charged as he thought the girl was of age she told him lie he declared that she was eighteen ile he asked to be excused because he had i vilo the age of consent law by aci aident will mccarrel charged with robbery and marion L woods charged with complicity in the same robbery both sprung a surprise when they were arraigned I 1 to plead by pleading not guilty on the night of december 31 mccarrel held up assaulted and robbed will pierson woods was an accessory before the fact later both boys confessed their guilt it was generally understood that mccarrel and woods woodi intended to plead guilty and throw themselves on the mercy of the court Mc Carrels trial will begin tomorrow to morrow and woods will follow pope hanson are the attorneys for tho the two boys and the hon D D houtz represents the state charles miller a soldier is ia on trial this afternoon on the charge of grand larceny he Is ia alleged to have stolen a horse from bill wimmer ile he will put up the defense that he bought the tha horse and has haa two other soldiers over from the fort to prove what he says bays is true other matters malters have previously been disposed of as follows leo thorne vs the city or of vernal case dismissed at cost of the plaintiff thorne had sued the city for damages because if its refusal to permit him to erect a building at the time the suit was brought the city was not incorporated hence there was nothing to sue E E horn vs S B rush dismissed at cost of plaintiff george hislop vs R R bowles dismissed at cost of plaintiff and lien released the suit was brought to collect wages alleged to be due joseph timothy vs D M osborne company the property is question was released state of utah vs A L gray an appeal from the justice court but the appeal was N as never per perfected f acted G gray ray vas A as fined in the justice court the sarn of 8 and some odd cents for having in his possession stolen goods since he took the appeal he decided to pay the fine and the case was remanded back to the justice court elisha campbell vs etta campbell Camp bull divorce was granted by default on the grounds of desertion in the matter of the estate of J A pettit the final report of administrator trat or al kone was heard and the administrator was discharged J 0 wilkes of salt lake is the general administrator in the matter of the estate of isreal dark clark order of sale of real estate C B bartlett is the administrator of this estate in the matter of the estate of george bill belh the administrator was ordered to distribute all the remainder rema ader of the property among the widow and children in the matter of the estate of C W iverson the widow maggie iverson was appointed administratrix in the matter of the estate of A J ganier gamer andrew J murray was appointed administrator the south park canal company vs indian allotments the company which is seeking rights of way across certain indian grounds was as given immediate possession after putting up a bond in tho the sum of 00 the whiterocks White irrigation company vs indian allotments was a similar case and the same action was taken |