| Show PROVO POINTS FIRST DISTRICT COURT dewitt watts charged with aed a verdict rendered of guilty of grand larceny received sentence yesterday through the leni leniency ncy of the court the defendant was sentenced to one year in the penitentiary last evening a motion for a new lelal abrial was argued in the case of the U S vs kirkwood unlawful cohabitation on the grounds that there was no evidence tending to show that defendant lived with his wives during the year 1884 that tat the court erred in point of law both in charging the jury and during trial that the prosecution proved pro ved no venue ater argument the case case was taken unda advisement other cases involving moe pae of the same exceptions await this decision the sentence in the J W loveless case was set over till the alst mr Bo was excused from the regular panel as a juror on account of ill health counsel in the pearson case had occupied three days yesterday in getting a I 1 jury ury and only nine were passed all peremptory challenges that the law allows are about exhausted and many are excused for implied or bias buat |
