Show BEFORE JUDGE ZANE ANE wilson sentenced to one year sweeney acquitted today in the third district court the case of errand arand larceny against charles Wil wilson sofi was called for trial the defendants attorney gen maxwell stated that wilson wanted to change his plea to guilty he had bad already been in prison thirteen mouths months and had bad also been of some use to the government as a witness he therefore asked the court to suspend sentence in reply to the court assistant united states attorney dark clark stated that he be did not desire to approve gen maxwells maxwelll Max wells request there was a clear case of grand larceny against wilson but had he been tried and convicted when first arrested it was doubtful it if the court would have given him more mere than a year while the ume time he be had been in prison was equivalent to eighteen months As to his services as a witness they did not amount to much judge zane I 1 dont wish to be understood der stood that this court is a party to any alky agreement to suspend sentence because a man testifies for the govern neat meat it Is a bad practice I 1 have heard beard the testimony given in the other cue case in which wilson is a defendant bud and in view of what he testified to there I 1 dont feel like suspending sen fence and will give him at least one year in toe pen mr wilson stand up how did you on get that horse mr atison allson I 1 got it from james marshall Court You knew it was stolen wilson 1 believed so court where did you receive it wilson at admy my ranch twelve miles from here court where were you when the hwee horse was taken by the officers wilson going to the colorado miles from here I 1 had the tee horse with me court you did not intend to return it wilson I 1 did to marshall for I 1 thought he be had stolen it court coming tight right back wilson yes yee sir i court did marshall give you the horse wilson auson we were both going to use atas it as a pack horse but when I 1 got ready marshall said he be could not go and tola me to take the ibe horse in reply to further questions wilson told how subsequent to his being a rebel spy be left memphis emphis rd and aad stayed for a time in the black hills colorado and montana before coming to utah court well you will be sentenced to the penitentiary for the term of one year mr clarke stated there was no such agreement as the court referred to about letting wilson off for testifying testify inz and gen maxwell also said there was nothing on which to have such acus a suspicion WE D at 10 this morning me lwe jury in the case of the people vs john T sweeney came in with a verd ct having been out seventeen and a half hours from the outset there was a probability of a verdict of murder in the first degree even upon the tha theory on which the prosecution worked at the first ballot the jury stood ten for acquittal and two tor conviction the latter fixing the offense at involuntary manslaughter ten ballots were taken altogether on the ninth at 11 last night the result was eleven to one for acquittal the eleven finally succeeded in convincing the remaining I 1 juror uror that sweeney should not be convicted and a verdict was returned accordingly during the trial inal and while the jury were out the great anxiety of the defendant was painfully apparent and there is little room for thinking that he be will ever be caught in such a predicament di again his experience in this case will doubtless cause him to steer clear of quarrels iia ia the future mrs sweeney seemed to feet feel the unpleasantness of her husbands situation as keenly as he be did himself and was a close attendant during the trial atu when the jury came inbae deleno delen pant ant and bis s wife were unable to conceal their excitement when the verdict of not guilty was rendered mr sweeney I 1 looked around the room in a dazed sort of way his bis wife heaved a sign and the tears teara bet began gan coursing down her cheeks they both arose from their seats and left the court room quietly arm in arm |