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Show IN TWO COURTS. Judgments Against the U. P. for Damages SUSTAINEDIN THE WRECK South of Juab LaBt-April Other Business Busi-ness in the Pint District Court Two Cases Tried in the Police Court Maiben Not Guilty Attorneys' Fees Must be Paid. After The DispAtcii went to press last evening the jury in the case of Gabrael and Eunice Huntsman vs. the Union Pacilic railway returned with a verdict awarding plaintiff the plaintiff the sum of $1,500.00, Mr. Sutherland for the defendant coipora-tion coipora-tion objected to execution or the verdict ver-dict as it was brought by nine jurors, three objecting to the verdict. The case against Alonzo Robison who waB charged with harboring an escaping prisoner was ordered dismissed. dis-missed. Tiiis morning the case of Hanson vs. Adamson was continued for the term. The court instructed the jury in the Edith Huntsman vs, Union Pacifi-railway Pacifi-railway damage case and they re tired. The case of Provo city vs, Julius Hannberg was dismissed at the cost ' of plaintiff. The case of Riter vs. Noon, was continued con-tinued by consent of all parties. The case of Beesley vs. S. Parks , was set for trial on Fabruary 28th. The case of Wartz vs. Beesley was continued for the term. ' The case of Milner vs. Jacques, was J continued for the term. The case of Huntington vs. Rio i Grande Western railway was dismissed at cost of defendant. I The case of Mairvs. Chipman was dismiesed. In the case of Mt. Pleasant Com-r Com-r mercial and Sayings bank vs. Georee . A. Dusenberry et al, demurrer was ; overruled and until March 2Gth given to answer. In the case of W. H. Smith vs, Na-tional Na-tional Bank of Commerce and E. B. ' Jones, hearing on demurrer was set for 1 February 21st. In the case of Brown vs Hatch, de-1 de-1 fault was set aside. The jury in the second Huntsman damage case against the Union Pacific came into court just before noon today and rendered their verdict giving $900.00 to the plaintiff. TOLICE COCRT. Alfred Maiben, druggiet at the Excelsior Ex-celsior Pharmacy, was, last evening, found by the jury empaneled in Justice Wedgwood's court, to be not guilty of selling whisky to Gerilas Roberts, on January 24lh. Trie jury consisted of Joshua Jones, O. B Bennett, J. L. Clayton, John Nicholson, Caleb II. I Davis and Robert Kennison. E. A. Wiison defended and J. W. N. White-co' White-co' ton proseruted the case. Marshal Knight testified to having asked Geiilas on January 24th to go and get h-m a bottle of liquor out of soruw drugstore the maishal did not care w h ich- and gave him 25 cents. That he watched Gerilas go down the street and into Pyne & Maiben's and had watched him come out and up the street. That he went to his ofthe and Gerilas followed him and eave him a bottle of whisky which he (Gerilas) said he bought from Maiben Gerilas testified to having bought the whisky and in cross examination denied that he had bought it anywhere else or that he had since tried to induce Maiben to "iix it" with Marshal Knight so that he (Gerilas) would not be compelled to perjure himself him-self on the witness stand, lie said tl at Maiben poured the whisky into hia flask out of a "big round bottle." Marager Pyne testified that the "big round bottle" had been broken for some Bix weeks. The defendant testified that he had repeatedly refused Gerilas whisky and alcohol and on January 2tth he had had an exceptionally hard lime to get !iim to leave. That he pi -acied hard for the whisky, savin? thar he had nad the tremens and Iwi e nearly dead for a drink. He had twenty-live cents with him which he offered for the whisky, an unusual thing for Gerilas. Josiah Beck, Councilor Simmone, Julius Jen, sen and others tpstified to seeing the defendant refuse Gerilas and to having ! seen Gerilas trying to get others to get the liquor for him. They also gave some very damaging testimony concernine Gerilas' reiu ation for truth and veracity. The jurv was out only twenty minutes The first ballot was five to one for acouittal. It took the other five men lhat long to convert Josh that he was wrong. Marshal Knight is of the opinion that the citizens of Provo do not want him to prosecute this class of violations viola-tions of city ordinances, for he is not convinced that tha whisKy was not sold to Gerilas. must pay attorneys' fees. The next case that came up for bear-in bear-in a; before Judge Wedgwood was a civil case wherein King& Houtz, attorneys, at-torneys, were 6uing James Bonnett for $125 money alleged to be due for attorneys' at-torneys' fees for defending Mr. Bonnett Bon-nett in a case some more than a vear ago, wherein defendant's sister, Mrs. Price, was suing him for $080 00 and which resulted in having the complaint com-plaint dismissed and a judgment against bis sister for $218.00 entered. A jury was empaneled, and Mr. Houtz went on the stand and reviewed the old case and the work done in it. A half dozen attorneys or more were sworn and testified that the services were easily worth from $100 to $150. Mr. Whitecotton, who was defending Mr. Bonnett, was sworn and he testified that the services in hi3 estimation were worth $125.00. The defendant testified that the contract con-tract was for the work done in the case up to the time a proposition to arbitrate arbi-trate was being considered, he was to pay King & Houtz $20 00 which he had paid, and that if the case went to trial he was to pay "a trifle more." The case went to trial and he was willing to pay the sum of $5 00 for that "trifle." Mr. Thoa. Beesley, one of the proposed arbitrators heard the conversation wherein Mr. Houtz has said the cost of his services would be $20.00 and '"a trifle more" if the case went to trial. It was ehown that at that time the case had not been commenced in conrt and that no agreement as to what the fees would be was made after the case was begun in court. That the $20 00 was the attorney's docket fee necessarv to be paid in entering the judgment secured for him id the trial. Mk. A J. BeCiOiax. an experienced hatter and dyer is at work here in the shop of Martin the tinner, repairing and cleaning cents' hats. He takes an old hat and will make it us good as mw. See him by all means and you will be surprised at the result. Take your old hats to him at once. Hats repaired re-paired from $1. up. Clothing dyed and repaired. tf |