Show In to the District Court Edward Ed Lund a lad of 16 afi years was tried last Wednesday on the charge chare of burglary The evidence e showed that he had broken into L L. Burdick's store stor in Spring City on the night of February and stole some candy The boy when first accused confessed he lie c crime cirne ime and at his preliminary hearing plead g guilty On the trial the defense produced no evidence and the case was submit submitted ed to the the jury without argument ho ho returned a verdict of guilty with a recommendation of mercy On Friday morning the defendant was brought up tip for sen sen- tence W. W K Reid the defendants defendant's counsel presented a petition signed by the jury who convicted him and by many others asking for a suspension of sentence The court gave th the boy a wholesome lecture and dd deferred sentence until th the first l Monday londay in July an and l released him without bail The next case was the State vs John Humphreys of Spring City charged with rape The information tion aUe alleges es that he committed sexual intercourse with Pearl Vickers his step daughter who was under the age of thirteen years jears The evidence of Pearl Vickers tended to show that on the night of February February- 17 1896 Mrs Humphreys mother nother of the and wife of the defendant 11 w was was s ill at the home of her father L. L Burdick that Pearl Vickers the defendant and his six year old daughter were sleeping at defendants defendant's ants ant's house that about midnight the defendant went to P Pe Pearl rl Vickers Vicker's bed and accomplished accomplished the defloration of his step dau daughter The defendant claimed a conspiracy acy on the part of his wife and her relatives to drive him out out of the country or to the penitentiary They proved a large sized family famil row contradictory statements of the prose and showed that l her herr er err r reputation for truth and veracity was bad t The defendant protested his innocence The case was argued guc by L. L R. R Rhodes and anci J. J E E. Cochran oc l an for the state and nd by Dy V. W. K dd ant and A A. G G. Sutherland for the defense The jury after two hours deliberation eli r tiou returned a a. a verdict of not not guilty State Stat vs Stewart Seeley was tri tried Iru-d d on n F Friday iday The The defendant is is J 15 5 years ears of age and resides in in M trI PI Pleasant The information charges s shim him with assault with a deadly weapon with intent to do bodily h harm rm upon t the l person of Arnold Y i tb J S 'S L. L Young at Mt Pleasant last November J J. J E E. Cochran prosecuted and J JW J. J W v. v Cherry and Soren X Christenson Christenson Christen Christen- Christen Christen- son defended The I he case went to the jury jary at nine o'clock Fr Friday day ni night nigh ht and an hour later they returned a verdict of guilty of or simple assault assaul assault and the defendant was sentenced to sixty days in the count county jail jails R R. B. B Thurman 0 of Provo who I has been assisting the clerk of the court was examined by a committee for a admission to the oar Dar and upon their favorable was duly admitted to practice On Saturday morning the jury were excused sed for th the t term rm and cour court was Has adjourned till Thursday morning morn morning morning ing April when Judge McCarty will hol hold court here Judge Johnson John son went Richfield Sunday even evening evening evening ing to be pr sent at the lie opening of oi the April term of oC court for Seder Sevier county |