| Show OUR OGDEN LETTER FIRST DISTRICT COURT proceedings EDINGs THE DEVOURING ELEMENT IN DT I 1 TOWN AND IN THE MOUNTAINS OGDEN CITY utah july ath 1886 MW editor deforet news today to days day session of the THIRD DISTRICT COURT in ogden was looked forward to betti considerable interest by many of our oar citizens as it was the day clay set for further farther lies hearing ring in the case of the united urinated states vs lorin farr charged with violation of the edmunds law and also the day set for francis A brown to vb plead a id t to 0 t the e charge of unlawful cohabitation ta t io n t h e re being four counts in the indictment against him it was expected too that other matters of importance to the public of this section would be considered at the appointed hour judge powers took his seat ou on the bench record of previous ioui business was disposed of at half past ten the grand j jury ary filed in and took their seats the case of lorin farr was called in reference to the motion to quash tile the indictment on the ground that the grand jury had received evidence that was NOT nor LEGAL I EVIDENCE in 14 permitting the legal wife to to testify the court held that this fact alone was not sufficient to authorize it to set act aside the indictment there was other evidence the court held that was legal he read various authorities which he considered supported his position As there were a number of other witnesses who testified in this case before the grand jury and as their testimony is considered legal the motion to quash guash was denied counsel for defense tense then made another motion to quash on the ground that the names of certain witnesses to the indictment were not endorsed thereon which is required to be done by the prosecution said the indictment was brought into court with tile the names of witnesses indorsed endorsed Indor sed on tile the back of it and the presumption was that the names were all there and he could not contradict the record at tuis j juncture unc tiare the grand jury presented several indictments and retired the court then took the motion under advisement till 2 rpm p in francis A brown was next called on to plead to the indictment against him lie he DECLINED TO PLEAD and the court ordered a plea of not guilty to be entered his HisHon honor orthen then said that is all mr brown that is required of you this morning 11 and the defendant arose took his hat J ia t and left heft the court room I 1 the prosecutor said he thought that the present grand jury had erred in saw law and in fact in relation to a charge against adolph harris charged with selling certain mortgaged property the I 1 jury ury had thrown out the charge and the prosecution asked that the case be submitted resubmitted re the court made an order to that effect james thurston had been convicted of grand larceny stealing from mrs aldous of huntsville and after an eff effort ort by counsel and complaining witness to have the sentence suspended on account of tile the alleged general good conduct of defendant and the fact that he be was under the influence of intoxicants when he took the money the court finally sentenced the prisoner to eighteen months imprisonment in the pen elizabeth boynton wife of charles charler boynton of morgan county Iou nty sued fined for divorce and alimony the case was argued at some length by ba r cotin counsel sel on both sides and was taken under advisement vi she was married to defendant in 1879 at 2 the case of lorin farr fair was again called the prosecuting attorney said before a decision was given on the motion to quash he desired to be heard the case was then postponed until friday the boynton divorce case was next called from evidence before the court his honor said he was at present unable to determine whether complainant nant was the lawful wife of defendant or not as it would appear that he has had another living and wife at the present time this matter will have to be determined before a final decision can be given in the mean time the prayer for alimony is denied and defendant must pay the cost of proceedings thus far had in the premises luig luh revere was indicted f for or arson he is the man who is charged with setting fire to the barn of john cardon A short time since the account of which has been published in the NEWS he took the statutory time to plead ANOTHER ARREST fred W ellis of north ogden was arrested ona on a charge of unlawful cohabitation he avas was brought to this city and taken before the united states commissioner gave bonds in 1500 for his bis appearance when wanted james ward and hyrum roylance Eoy lance were accepted as sureties mr ellis went before the grand j jury u ry to today day THE PIRK FIRE BELL sounded the alarm of another conflagration fla gration this afternoon and soon a large stream of people were rushing in the direction of the locality of the tire it was at the premises of james calo cabout ut on eighth street A large stack of lucern was consumed in a very short time the fire brigade was on the spot as speedily as possible and by dint of their proverbial per persevering severine energy put out the flames and prevented re their spread and the pro probable able destruction of much other property all day yesterday there were quite bite a number 0 of large fires in the moun mountains ina just north of the ogden canon last night they presented a grand spectacle over forty fires were counted A great deal of timber is destroyed and more is being consumed asat as at this writing the fires are still burning WEBER |
