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Show Twenty-seven of the thirty petit j urors responded to the call of their names in the First District court this morning examined by ProsecutiLg Attorney Thurman and sworn in. The first case was that against Henry Shaffer, wherein the defendant is accused ac-cused of stealing from David James of Frisco on June 2nd last a black horse and selling the same to a Mr. Ross. Shaffer was at one time a familiar character char-acter upon the streets of Provo, having worked for the pa'ace drug comp.iny, during which time he made an attempt upon his own life. He is reported to have been at one time possessed of many sheep and much valuable mineral min-eral property. He has been lying in the penitentiary for months awaiting trial, and is now very weak. He recently re-cently went under a surgical operation at the penitentiary. |