| Show OGDEN department 4 5 DISTRICT COURT r AND OTHER tuesday hs bs been a singular galar and in many respects an exciting day in the district court the were vere 4 opened in the usual in manner inner and shortly after mr J L rawlins appeared as counsel for plaintiff in this the promontory forcible entry and detainer case and asked lor for a ol of proceedings in the me judgment recently rendered ie this ibis court for the defendant he also asked that the plaintiff be restored to possession the court fix the amount of bonds bands to be given and asked an appeal from the judgment of this court to the supreme court of the territory mr heywood opposed the application and soon the attorneys were engaged in a vigo vigorous roup argument on the application consuming the morning hour which means till after 11 the judge then took the matter again under advisement until 2 this afternoon the case of the people vs jand J and J M ferren was taken up solomon L Campbell iwas sworn thereupon judge emerson for the defense objected to auy any evidence being heard on this tn in the ground that it does not state who is accused nor the date locality or what water course has been obstructed it simply charges that a certain water ditch ot of james M chambers has been injured which he used for irrigating land A jury had bean im paneled to try the ease case A debate ensued which lasted till past noon and the jury was discharged the case ordered recommit ted to ta the grand jury and a proper indictment to ib be drawn after which the matter will again be brought into court and the trial proceeded with the grand jury immediately took tock the case in band and a new indictment will be founds found in the near future at 2 p sn the judge was not ready to render a decision on the application of mr rawlins IR ia i a the forcible detainer case so it went over until 10 on friday morning the case of the people vs james had pleaded not dot guilty to the indictment charging him with obtaining money under false pretenses was taken up the first witness called was james horrocks who was not in a fit condi tion bionto to occupy the witness stand being under the influence of intoxicants lem he be was sworn he is the complaining witness and testified in a mann cr mr rogers for at conclusion ot of this evidence moved that it be stricken out the court a ruling was reserved tor for the pree ent mr horrocks was considered not in a condition to testify further intelligently and the judge asked him wl why ire he appeared in court in such a condition con JIT thonon on such an occasion to testify mr Hor horrocks rocko replied ah well honor I 1 do not know that I 1 ain in tuch buch abad condition other alks may think so but it ic is a mere metter of pinion opinion he was oving moving off when n a the air court t ordered a marshal a to take iak horrocks into cueto custody ay keep him until lie he was in a fit c condition 0 n d to appear and show cause why he should not be adjudged in contempt this witness interrupted the attorneys frequently during his examination n and a nd several times asked vile the judge if the attorneys were through with him as he wished now to have something to say about the matter the proceedings were here interrupted for about 20 li mites at vm pm james jaines Hor horrocks rocki was was recalled and answered a few questions in betly reply to counsel and was then ben remanded e to tu the custody of the deputy after he had retired the judge said he had bad no wish to canne horracks all night pat but would dispose of his h I 1 a contempt we case at 8 pm adjourned till arlda friday at horrocks was fined 5 for contempt lie he was let down very easy ABOUT MIDNIGHT wednesday a serious accident liebell a young man named george W foster he hadet had it tended a ball at woodmansee hall be went out on to the pot furin at the rear of ohp building and was leaning against the railing which gave way and lie he was precipitated tl a distance of 1 about 20 feet to the ground he was rendered unconscious far about sit hours he was taken to bis big hoffe where an examination showed that he had received a terrible cut in the forehead another on the back of his head and his shoulders and the back of his neck were badly hutt hurt he is attended by dr 0 OB B a prep precarious arious condi tiou and st at present it is not known how the injuries luries In will result ANOTHER atmospheric change it had been raining all the afternoon here and still looks as though it will continue through the night prosecuting ONE OP OF TITE THE JURY WHO ACQUITTED LORIN PARR FARR THEY DRANK WHISKY NOTES 0 on a wednesday dec 8 in the first district bourth Cou rtH B gwilliam pleaded guilty guati to two counts in tue indictment charging him with unlawful ial cohabitation and not guilty to the third Is to be pronounced on monday the dinst at 5 p m THOMAS B HELM made a similar plea lea to t a similar indictment and will te be sentenced on the same day JOHN was arraigned and pleaded not guilty fo 0 a two count indictment charging him with f ful ul cohabitation ANTER the be noon recess toe the jury jamil in a the case of the people against james s I 1 M ferron was ex excused eu sed till ten a am m thursday in consequence of the a absence of mr J 4 ira it one of the attorneys for the elal plaintiff t AT p M the grand I 1 ury tame into coutt court and presented a number of indictments attorney V bierbower who came in with them read a complaint against wm win studer a member of ti iq petit jury that acquitted lorin farr it charged him aim with contempt ous bet vior and insult towards this court 4 while acting on the jury it was also alleged that the said wm studer smuggled i into the jury j ury room on the ith th e f november ism 1886 a bottle oi of whisky or brandy and after afler partaking of it himself himself passed it to other members of said lury jury several of whom also drank freely thereof the result of which was that the proceedings of said jury were characterized by grest disorder and confusion mr areat Bler bierbower ier bower thereupon asked that au an order bp be issued to said william to appear and show cause why he should not be adjudged in contempt and punished puni shea i ther etor the order was issued by his honor and defendant was notified to appear before him on monday the dinst judge emerson will represent present beu be resent on that day on behalf of mr studer the grand jury then returned and court took recess till halt half past four the names namer of the other bibulous petit juryman jurymen MR bierbower had not ascertained PETER was called for sentence having been convicted of irand grand larceny he ep pleaded leaded extenuating circumstances and asked the I 1 leniency of the court he has already been confined in jail five months he hails from clinton iowa he was sentenced to six years imprisonment in the penitentiary when he be heard the lie sentence he be exclaimed oil oh lord judge and sank back into a chair I 1 MURDOCH of was drought brought in court by a deputy marshal he was arraigned for polygamy the indictment charging that on the stir ot of july last lie he married one emma peterson Peter sou his first or legal wife being beine then alive and mr murdock took the statutory time to plead I 1 court adjourned at till 10 loam a thursday miscellaneous ITEMS the complaint against win studer and other jurors chow names to this affiant are unknown has caused quite a sensation in the town the denouement on monday next it is loosed forward to witti with much interest hute iest this is the first instance of the kind that has ever occurred in the judicial history of ogden city i THIS evening I 1 bad a conversation with Cordner Mark hill hall in relation to the decease lekse of billiav william morten not mattin martin as some had it who ha died at one of tue homes of mr george C wilson W SOD of this city he lefiad had It Irv vOT edwith with mr wilson for a little over a year but at the time of his death hp he was on wilsons Wil sons farm about two miles west of ogden the coroner C 0 r oner held hel d an inquest In I 1 auest uta st and james wilson george D wilson and dr J X allen alien were examined the latter professionally jas jag wilson stated tagne had seen deceased on saturday night as bateas late as ten at the witness residence lie be also saw him the next morning at each of these times the man complained of a pain near the heart he artaud and he hades bad expressed fears that ire be bud bad heart disease witness di did not see ged deceased again alle alive george C wilson said that mr morten had bad lived with him more or less ess for about 13 months had often heard him complain at being brou trou troubled with pain and a fluttering of the heart dr alien expressed the opinion that deceased died from heart disease slid and the jurys verdict was in accordance with that opinion when found he was sitting tn III bed in an almost upright position wath his arms akimbo he tie had bad no property A large number of letters were found in his trunk one of which was as unfinished and bore date of dec 3 ISM he was a widower his wife having died about 4 years since gince at portland port tand oregon leaving three children two bo boys s and one girl irl william frederick annalice and anY alice he was about 45 years old had bad been a soldier inthe in the union army and was ex pec 0 ting tine a pension me JH ewas vas born at norwich wi eh Ei england glaud his body was interred by the coroner cp ep roner |
