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Show HUNTSNGTON 1 Ti e case of the state of Utah. vs. : James Majors was heeid Monday at Lawrence before Justice Thomas, a chai ge of venue having bee i taken at the instance' of the defendant. E. G. ' Defriez appeared as counsel for the defendant. ; ! Court opened at 10 ... m. with both1 sides ready for trial, with Justice Thomas on the bench and a large crowd of spectators ready to hear the case, i The prosecutrix and four witnesses fori j the state, and the defendant and nine ! : witnesses for the defense were sworn. Upon motion of counsel for the defend- i ant, witnesses were excluded lrom hear- ; ing the testimony. Attorney Curtis; briefly outlined the case f jr the state j j w hich was in substance that the'defend- I ant and the complaining witness had I . been keeping company for some time, j . that prior to the 10th ot May,191.'j, they j were engaged to be married, th,. t on the night of May 10, 1913, an unlawful act was committed involving the two in i serious tro ib!o, that as a result of said ; act the complaining witness was no v in la delicate condition, that she and her parents had kindly and respectfully tn-I tn-I deavored to persuade the defendant to j marry her but that he had refused to j do so. I Attorney Defriez made no statement I of the fase for the defense stating that j ! they preferred to let the evidence speak i for itself 1 During the examination and cross-ex-I animation of the complaining witness 1 she held well to her storj', answering 1 j without hesitation or confusion all j questions. Her manner was that of i conscientious sincerity. Several times ' she broke down and wept but soon regained re-gained control of herself. The defendant in his examination and ' cross-examination and during the entire trial was equally as composed, as frank and undaunted as was the complaining j witness. If guilt lurked in his heart no trace of it played on his countenance. With civility and characteristic refinement refine-ment he replied to questions and when j Attorney Curtis said to him, "Mr. Majors, can you look this innocent girl , in the eye and say you are innocent," he immediately replied "Yes, sir" and his eyes met those of the girl. Each looked at the other a look that would defy the Gods to judge which had testified falsely. During the course of the trial th attorneys entered into healed argumee t: i on points of law and rules of evidence, making the case intensely interestin' at times. Thev also took occasion tc toss an occasional bouquet of pet corn pliments at each other. Several objections were m ide b counsel for the prosecution to the submitting sub-mitting of testimony that reflected upon up-on the moral character of the prosecutrix. pros-ecutrix. His st. ml was that the testimony testi-mony to which he objected was intended to blacken the character of the prosecutrix, pros-ecutrix, that it was immaterial and he cited a rulpig-of the supreme court to show that it was inadmissible. Attorney Defriez's position was that according to the rules of evidence the defen ;e might offer evidence of any character to discredit the Les imony of the prosecutrix, that it wrs not tt.e object of the defense to blacken the character of the prosecu' rix, but to discredit dis-credit her testimony. Contentions on tne objection rose to the fever point and counsel for both siiks were trembling with emotion when the justice sustained the objection. 0 .'. ing to this objection being sustained the defense did not examine all its sworn wiir.es.-es. The defendant, was bound over to the action of the district court. His bail v. as rixed at 500. His father and Alvm oung are his bondsme.i. Mrs. Mary Jane Wood left for Murry last week accompanied by Mr. El McElprang. She is now under the care of Dr. Root who wiil treat her for rheu-m rheu-m :t!sm. Mrs Wood has been ailing for some tune with rheumatism : nd general debility. Mr-. J. Fleming Wakefield and her child! en will return to their home in Pr,,v Saturday. Mrs. Wakefield has been here four weeks vi.iting with relatives and assisting her husband in the care of their bees. Some time age Marion Guy mon sprain ed his ankle badly. Last week he went to Provo and had the injury examined under the x ray. He has returned still suffering much pain and is b.ing treated by Dr. Hill. Mr. and Mrs. Chris Wilcock have returned re-turned from Shelly, Idaho, where for five weeks they have been with their son Chris who hai be mi very lo.v with p-.eunonia. They report that he is improving im-proving now. They also report the crops of Idaho to be much ahead of those in our valley. A district meeting of the Primary association was held here Monday and was thoroughly enjoyed by about;thirty-four about;thirty-four officers and teachers. Lunch, con-,s con-,s sting of sandwitches, lettuce, apples, c ;ke, lemonade and ice cream, -was served by the Huntington officers. Primary workers from Cleveland, Lawrence Law-rence and Elmo were in attendance. A black, .-ix months old hog with a spotted face is penned up in the barnyard barn-yard of Cnris Wilcock sq re .ling for its owner. Will the owner please listen to h g logic and "all for his rooter-b.-gger before the vagabond harvests all the neigh .otV potatoes? Ja.k frost is rushing rush-ing the season plenty without being piggish. Dr. P. C. Christensen, dentist will be at the Brasher hotel, for a few das only, commencing August 5th. A baby boy was born to Mr. an t Mrs. Martin Black last Snndiy. Tne little one li.ed but a short.ti n? and was buried bur-ied Monday. Our sympathy roes out to the young couple in their bereavement and it is hoped that the mother who is quite ill will soon recover. |