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Show DISTRICT COURT. Sessions Gets Fire Years in the Penitentiary. BEASLEY WINS HIS CASE. Sirs. Van Pattern' Case is Set for Trial March 23th. A Case Aguinst an Insurance Insur-ance Company The Mount Pleasant Oases Disposed of, "When the jury in the Beasley vs. Sparks et al case retired yesterday afternoon af-ternoon the next matter that was brought to the attention of the court was the cases against Certain prominent promi-nent citizens of Alt. Pleasant, accused of UEing the mails for the transmission of printed and written matter advertising adver-tising a lottery business the Savings Iand Investment company of Utah. On motion ot the prosecution the cases against all the parties except one Mr. Green, who seemed to be the origina tor of the "scheme" and the moving spirit of the whole concern. Mr, Green, through his attorney, explained that before the company was incopor ated they had sought legal advice, and had been instructed that they would violate no statute in fact the prosecuting prose-cuting attorney of the county of San pete had drawn up the incorporation papers and had informed the company that the business in which they were about to enter was a perfectly legitimate legiti-mate one. It was explained further that as soon as it developed that they were violating vio-lating law and they learned that they were pursuing a business the fol lowing of which is pronibited by Uncle Bam, they quit business and disincorporated. disincor-porated. This was all admitted as being be-ing true by the prosecution and the court imposed a nominal fine only on Mr. Green $25.00 and costs. v.-.-r--S BEASLEY WINS. The jury in the Beasley vs. Sparks case was instructed to return, a Eealed verdict. When read this morning it was found to tein favor ot the plaintiff, assessing as-sessing damages in the sum of $760.00, indicating that the jury believed that the sale of the brickyards and business by Samuel Beasley of Nephi, to his bro ther John Beasley of Provo was a bona fide and not a fraudulent sale and tha the creditors of Samuel, whether they he;dajust or an unjust claim nad no right to seize upon tne property, FIVE LONG YEARS. 4 liyron Sessions of Vernal, convicted Of rape, appeared for stntence. He was given five years in the penitentiary. peniten-tiary. JUEOBS EXCUSED. Swen O, Neilsen and Peter Thompson Thomp-son were excused from jury service. INDICTMENTS FOUND. The grand jury came into court and reported having found six teiri torial aud one United States indictments. indict-ments. MRS. VAN patton's trial, March 26th is the day set for the trial of Emma Van Patton, charged murder. BONDS FORFEITED. In the cases of the People vs. T. Peterson, Wm. E. Perdleton, Forest Leach, Jos. M. Martin, bonds were forfeited for-feited and bench warrants issued for the defendants. AGAINST THE INSURANCE CO. Case for trial was that of Andrew Ferguson vs. The Eqmtable Life As-fiurance As-fiurance company. Piain tiff? are residents resid-ents of Lake Shore who gave their note3 to Harry Timmons for polices in the above named company which notes were subsequently paid, but it appears the money was not directly sent to the company and the policies were not forthcoming as agreed, therefore the money paid on the notes was demanded by the plaintiffs which was retused, the company contending that they had never authorized .their agent to accept notes. After hearing the evidence the point of law appeared in favor of the plain-"T plain-"T tiffs and judgment was awarded theui for the amount paid. Thirty days time was allowed to prepare motion for appeal ap-peal and a etay of execution granted. |