| Show HOME NEWS PROVO 4 the court was waa called at ten ton am yesterday and proceeded to the naturalization of aliens some fifteen or twenty were admitted at half past eleven the court adjourned tili till two p pm M at two pm the court resumed ltd its iti session some three or four aliens were admitted the petit jury was called and nd answered when the judge referred again to their pay and entered into a tirade of falsehoods in relation to the county courts not paying the jury fees as per sec see 16 c chap as so 35 statutes of utah he read that aie ale section n as he said the jury could not know for th themselves em selves what tle the law is but was very particular not to read or refer to the preceding cc ding section of said sald chapter which refers to the manner in which juries should be summoned at three pm the court adjourned till ten today to day the court being called callea at ten ton am the judge called haa had up ilia file the case of or claims for reward ada add ara offered in the capturing and delivering to the U S marshal of one heath an escaped prisoner seven persons appeared as claimants on consideration the court divided the amount among the claimants A case of appeal from alderman sheets court of provo for a fine assessed against abraham durfee for selling liquor without a license was called up robert hobert son appeared for durfee and john milner mil mii ner for provo city pending the investigation the grand jury came into court all answered and presented one indictment the judge again read section 16 chap A 35 and labored hard to show how the jurors have been imposed upon in not being paid by the territory or counties for services ran rendered when the statutes of the territory so plainly set forth how they should be paid for here I 1 said sald he it is in a nutshell shelf sheli the people are one ono thing in this and the law and facts are another enough has been appropriated and what has become of it Ican I 1 cannot tell teil the legislature are your servants and the money has been raised from your property and I 1 do not know what has become of it I 1 shall award you three days on the part of the united sta states t as and shall expect you to prosecute your labors on territorial business and shall endeavor to have you paid we shall proceed to the trial of cases on what is called territorial business the jury then re tired red and the tho case of appeal continued A abter after f to r some remarks from the attorney the court on a question sprung by himself and not introduced by the attorney saia sala said sald that the papers referring to a transcript ol 01 the aldermans Alder mans docket were signed by E P F Slie sile sheets ets as an alderman aiderman of provo city no nol Noi uch such judicial officer can be known in this thid court as the organic act of the territory does not provide for such an officer he then dismissed the case thus passed by a case wherein a respectable whisky vender meets the full approval of a court that sets forth that it is endeavoring to hold hoid said courton counton court on merit such merit is what the community have to fear joseph boren and jacob harris were called they having been bound over to their appearance on the charge of stealing U S goodr government ament property at campeaw camp raw lins boren answered but harris failed to appear whereupon the U S attorney gave notice that he would proceed on his bonds the court adjourned till two pm BRI GirAU 4 david rees bees a young man of this place took two yearling steers from this ward not his ownard sold them the animals were recovered by replevy the pursuing part party commenced legal proceedings against sz said sald reese beese but he compromised byll byli by paying all sill damages about two hundred dollars do 2 ars there are many persons prospecting in this neighborhood for precious metals who report encouraging results box elder mining company is putting forth considerable sid erable exertion to push the work in the tunnel and shafts already being worked every indication in the tunnel shows that ore in bulk is near by no g cai rai r a eshop shoppers iman ers at present prospects for the thi husbandman are bright V ST GEORGE 5 wheat begins to head out strawberries are ripe the harvest on the muddy commenced this week small grain was never as good before A rich silver lode was recently discovered near pinto by kirby and gott of washington A party has gone out to prospect it by reliable information just received from settlements east placer gold diggings have been discovered in the vicinity of the buckskin buck Back skin mountains our semiannual semi annual conference opens today tonight to night there will be dramatic amusements by the home Asso association clation may 5 yesterday at 2 pm p m the V U S marshal appeared and as per previous arrangement paid the grand jury for their attendance thus far the court did not convene today to day dav court called at 10 a m the case of the united states against mckay and others was called mckay and st ledger were in la court guarded by three V U S soldiers hempstead IT S attorney ap feared for the government an and baskin ask n for lor the defendant mckay the grand jury came into court the names were called and all answered they presented one bill of indictment and retired the names of the petit jury were called and sixteen answered at atthe the request reque of mr hempstead the names of the jury were placed lna ina in a box and twelve names were drawn mr baskin filed a challenge to the array of the petit jury and the question was argued the court overruled the challenge and proceeded to im pannel the jury after passing on the array the defence excused four of the jurors which exhausted the panel court ordered the panel filled and took a recess till 2 p m the court resumed ned at 2 p m and proceeded to the of a jury of twenty persons having been summoned at a quarter past 4 the pannel was filled and the jury were sworn by the clerk the manner and form of the oath bath nonbeing not being satisfactory after consultation the jury were again sworn by the clerk hempstead presented to the jury an indictment and solomon P F mccurdy loyd pearce earce samuel a emmott Il and samuel Cazier were ere duly uly sworn and testified for the prosecution at hallfast half hall past six the court took a recess till 8 rpm P m I 1 beaver neaver neav BEAV UR may 5 the stage arrived from pioche having for nor salt lake five passengers anclien and ten bars of bullion news from pioche to the ath informs us that the county commission lers of lincoln county haye have decided that the county seat of said county will ivill be permanently fixed at that town on wednesday morning billy warnock while on a visit with a lew tow others to the summit shaft and when on his way back a short distance was fired at ho he turned and fired one shot from his revolver vei at the same time another shot was fired at him from summit fort which has been held for two weeks past by an armed force several shots were also fired at him from the washington shaft which is also held by an armed force he fell and was carried into the fort and from there he was brought to town where he be lingered in great agony until I 1 p in when he expired sheriff pattie rattle and officer biair blair went to the forts and arrested al coliff jack harris george harris dave james and james findlay they were admitted to bail in the sum of 2000 each to appear for exam nation on friday morning at 10 A daily mail mall is running from salt lake to rio Fio pioche iche PAROWAN may 6 last evening as wm C mcgregor sprang forward to stop a runaway team he fell under tle tte loaded wagon and broke his bis left jaw in two places laces and also dislocated the joint his read head is much bruised but there are hopes of his speedy recovery our oar wheat field is literally covered with men women children chickens and grasshoppers time must tell which gets thew the wheat heat beat provo 6 Z 4 5 pm court was called at halt half past 8 P pm m yesterday the prisoner mckay and d the ury were present hugh white th thos Os colwell edward robison robi Bobi son aon S mashal patrick and st ledger were duly and testified for the prosecution pending the cross examination of st ledger the court adjourned till 9 am today to day court was called at 9 am today to day and admitted eight aliens to citizenship citizen snip the case against mckay was continued edward st ledger was cross examined by the defense the prosecution arrested the defence and presented one witness who was sworn and testified at 11 am hempstead proceeded to address the jury at 20 minutes to 12 baskin proceeded LO 10 a address d the jury followed by hempstead at 1 pm at hatt halt past I 1 the Court committed his bis charge to the jury and at a quarter to 2 the jury retired and the court took a recess till 3 pm provo ath S p r ar M court was called at 3 p m thos job was admitted a citizen mr robertson bertson Eo appeared and asked that judgment by default be entered in the case of oad D firman vs B S F and B W driggs the court ruled that sufficient cent notice had not been given the defendants to answard mr rog RoT robertson Bo bertson ertson asked judgment nt by default in the case of B bachman against wm wright in assumpsit the ale court rendered judgment by default the grand jury came into court the names were called and nineteen were present two of their number having been discharged they presented one indictment mr hempstead called up the case of dayton against green and others and presented a motion that the summons and case be quashed showing his reasons ther for mr baskin for the plaintiff answered and the court ruled that the summons and amt service be set aside mr hempstead called up the case of the U S against joseph boren h he having been bound over in the sum of for stealing government property on boren being called mr hemstead said he had another indictment against boren for receiving stolen property and proposing that his former bonds be no considered sufficient for his appearance to answer he also called the case of the TJ S against wm lawrence alias larry for stealing upon being arraigned they each pleaded noc guilty although the indictments were not read to them nor their attorney furnished with a copy mr robertson for the defendant proposed to furnish bail for the appearance of larry which was set at and ia in default he was committed to the custody of the U shai bhai until sufficient securities be furnished grand jury came into cour tall presen tand the judge asked if they had any report to make major hempstead said that the grand jury had got through with all the business before anem they had been engaged on IT S business until last night and had been attending to territorial business today to day the judge thanked the jury for their promptness and stated it was the intention to make the district very pleasant fo for r good people and very unpleasant for b bad baa ad people he ordered the marshal marshai to P pay ay them tor for another day and thanking t hem them he discharged the grand jury until the day of october next at ten minutes past five the petit jury came into court court all present and james taylor foreman presented the verdict against mckay of guilty of robbing the U S mail on being questioned by the judge the jury said ic it was their verdict that he was guilty of robbing the IT S mail without putting the carrier in bodily fear tear the regular petit jury were then discharged until oct 17 1871 with the thanks of the court the judge sentenced mckay to five years imprisonment in the pe penitent of this territory or some other safe place mr baskin asked that mckay be admitted to bail for his appearance before the supreme court I 1 on appeal on the exceptions he had taken the court held the matter under advisement major hempstead asked that edward st ledger be admitted to bail on his own personal recognizance in the sum of for his appearance before this court at the next regular term which was granted by the court whereupon st ledger appeared and gave such recognizance the court adjourned till oct next at 10 a am m ST GEORGE 8 the conference of the southern mission closed last evening there was a large attendance from the surrounding settlements countless numbers of grasshoppers are destroying the wheat and early crops at harrisburg and leeds |
