Show IN THE COURTS A RI beat estate ease case before judge sandford Sand fordy in the third district court this forenoon foren 0 the following business was transect transacted tid f margeret hamilton vs emma fulton continued for the term L C cone et al vs estaer pettit et al answer and cross complaint withdrawn and decree for plaintiffs entered 11 8 young et al vs G F culmer calmer ets this case involves involve the ownership of a valuable piece ot land on first south street on a portion of which the store of G V F culmer bros to Is located it was in a before a jary ary until the noon re cesti at 2 1 L 4 rowlins elins offered motions to t dismiss proceedings in respect to three different pieces of property involved in the church suits and to stay all al proceedings in said suits until the hearing of the motions tuesday next was fixed for the hearing in on the motions ard aad a stay granted till till then them H S et al vs G F culmer calmer et al jury trial in progress I 1 BEFORE NORRELL norrella 1 A young man named joseph walkie was being tried before commissioner norrell this afternoon on a charge of petty larceny he was accused of stealing some money from a sheep camp near the penitentiary DISTRICT cotrott court opened december ath at 10 A am in robert davidson charged with unlawful cohabitation was arraigned and pleaded guilty to the last count in the indictment in the case of ogden asden city vs james thompson an order was entered dismissing the appeal in the case of S and J horrocks administrators vs walter P dwyer a motion to amend answer was allowed in the case of ef the united states vs M B wheelwright unlawful cohabitation the defendant entered a plea of not guilty the case of the united states vs M B adultery was continued tor for the term the case of the united states vs catherine wheelwright fornication was also continued for afie the term in the cases of ogden city vs jas middleton and john D rowland the plaintiff was allowed to insert in the complaint the words the same saine then and there being the first day of the week commonly called sunday I 1 in the base case of ogden city vs zachariah astell an order was entered dismissing the appeal at defendants defend auts cost the ease case of the people etc vs chris larsen and lorenzo olsen olaen malicious mischief in shooting a pig was resumed only another witness or two were examined and the case went to the jury after an absence of a couple of hours they filed into court and stated that they could not agree it was a question of fact with them and they were unable to reach a verdict tte the court stated that the case was not very complicated bal the jury ury ought to be able to find a verdict the court directed them oem to labor with the case a little lonker longer and he be would order the marshal to bring them refreshments the case of the united states vs peter swenson was called for trial mr kimball conducted the defense the only witness placed on the stand standby by the prosecution was mary larsen the alleged plural wife she bae testified that she had bad i married defendant four years vears aso ago did not know exactly when had ad lived with defendant two weeks after marriage marria gm since then she had bad not lived or asso asro with him except as hired by him to do housework delen defendant dait had i not held her hei put gut as lit hi i wife witness had not assumed delei imants the defence con contended itself by cross examining thin witness upon which both sides resto reste d mr peters expressed a willingness to submit the case jury without argument arsu ment mr kimball moved the court for a peremptory verdict of acquittal the court did not think this was a case calling for its intervention and preferred having having it go to the jury mr kimball daibei ahmet I 1 it as his bis right to open and close the argument it prosecution did not make a speech this thid mr peters w auld uld not agree to and therefore gave a few moments address to the jury he was followed by hir mr kimball who made the point that the prosecuting witness was a pax taker or accomplice in the crime and it her testimony was uncorroborated it should have no weight the court charged the jury that though the territorial law declared that no convict conviction lan could be had ort on the testimony of s crin tinis this besinga united st bet case it did not come under that rule yet the jury should examine the testimony with great scrutiny and care the jury retired tor for consultation and after a few minutes absence returned a verdict of guilty sentence was set for De december dember 24 the case of the united states vs peter swenson adultery was con tinned for the term lerm robert davidson was called for a n tence having been convicted of oil i in lawful cohabitation by his bis plea of i guilty he was 49 years ot of age his youri youngest gest child by the plural whom he married in 1880 was three years old he lied bad seven children by the firsts first i rife yet living he was sentenced to four months imprisonment and to pay a fine of and costs john a native of Elig england tand now of weber county was admitted to citizenship A little before 5 p in the jury in the pig dhoot shooting ing case filed into court this time they had agreed u pon poll a verdict of guilty guilty sentence was set let for december er in the provo brancu branc h of the first bi district bistrica strict court yester dm in the case se of D S dana vs H W W lawrence et al original and cross crops bill were dismissed with costs taxed against agal not plaintiff for which an order was entered to issue an execution it at judged henderson heard the following cases united states vs robert David davidson SOB unlawful cohabitation plea of gu guilty 1 ity sentenced to four months in the peni ten tiry wy and to pay a fine annb of and costs oad on rocity vs james Thos thompson upson 4 dismissed Ismie sed people Christian vs va larsen arld and lor eizo 0 sen ben maiming a pig verdict of g guilty ity sentence ien Lien tence set for dec 24 3 hor hoi rocks administrator vs va walter D wye ret al defendants allowed to amend answer united 1 ates states vs I 1 i unlawful plea of guilty D dec 24 set t tor for sentence 1 Uni iteal tecy I 1 ates vs Wheelwright MB adultery ic continued tor for the term i united states vs catherine wheel glit fornication continued ogden calv ci ay iy vs james es middleton and john D ro irland plaintiff allowed to amend 4 ogden ott city Y vs zechariah zachariah astill dismissed at d cost coat united states slates vs oliver E smith unlawful cohabitation dismissed on motion of district attorney united states vs peter unlawful cohabitation trial and verdict of guilty sentence set tor for dec 24 john JohnT raffet was admitted to citi |