| Show first district cohrt at provo yesterday olof olsen wag arraigned for house breaking and en acred red a plea of guilty sentence postponed two days christian anderson was called for sentence for unlawful cohabitation defendant promised t tj obey the law and was fined 25 23 cart carl carlson was admitted to citi zer ship frank rogers and wm win tiffany were tried yesterday on a charge of grand larceny returned a ver verdict diet as to Rogers of guilt toti to tiffany feany not guilty mr tharmar ah and mr johnson Jo fanson defended by appointment of the court the case of charles P axtel murder was set for tue case of the people vs james bagley is on trial for assault with intent to commit murder marder yesterday the whole of the time in the first district court at ogden before judge boreman was occupied in a continuation of the suit for damages for the loss of an arm which was instituted against the won union pacific railway company by mr A pidcock on the loth day of september I 1 1886 while engaged in switching a train of cars at the U P yards mr pidcock met with an ac accident eident which deprived him of his left arm while standing on the side of a car lie he was knocked off by a switch stand which stood close to the track when he fell he was thrown under the cars and his left arm was crushed to pieces beneath the wheels the amount of damages tor for which mr is suing saing the railway company is ron hon P fi 11 emerson conducted the ease case for the plaintiff and williams and van cott were counsel for the defendant the bulk of the testimony given by the six or seven witnesses who were examined yesterday was intended to show whether or not the switch stand which knocked mr pidcock from the car was too close to the track trac kalso also as to whether or not a stand such as was used there was absolutely necessary to the manipulation of the switch leading to the weigh scales the testimony tended to show that the switch stand was too close to the track and that there were other stands known as blind switch stands which would have served the purpose equally well and with much less danger to the men at work on the trains it was also shown by thle the defense however that the switch stand was located equidistant between the two tracks track sand and that it could not have been placed further from one ohe without being closer to and more ore dangerous for the men on the other track the counsel for plaintiff endeavored to prove f from rom the testimony of the witnesses that the stand was unnecessary to the manipulation of the switch |
