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Show LABORS ENDED The Grand Jury Presents Its . Final Report. VERY MUCH FRICTION Between that Body and the District AttorneyDame At-torneyDame Humor Has Something to Say Concerning: It The Johnson Boye Sentenced-Other Business in Court. Judge Smith in the First District court this morning sentenced H. P. Johnson of Sevier county, found guilty of assault with a deadly weapon, to one year in the penitentiary and James iJ Johnson, his brother, found guilty of assault, to pay a fioe of $25.00, or in case of failure to pay to be confined in the Sevier county jail for a period of The case against Robert Shaw, a a married man,accusedof adultery with one Mrs. Donty, a widow, which was begun yesterday afternoon was continued. contin-ued. The parties interested in this case are ranchers near Kanosh. The evidence goes to show that the ppople generally at theDority ranch have been m the habit of sleeping all in one room irrespective of sex, aee or relationship. It is the first adultery case that Judge Smith has heard with open doors, and standing room is at a premium. The testimony ehows that Shaw and Mrs. Dority were found Beveral times in very compromising situations, although al-though it was not looked upon as a prf of propriety at Three Creek (the Dority ranch) for men and womtn to sleep in the same room. Several witnesses testified that Shaw on several occasions denie 1 being the father of his wife's child. Defendant says he might possibly have said to, but he does not remember it. About two thirds of his time of late years has been spent with the Dority woman, while his wife has remained at her home in Elsinore. Testimony was all in at 12 o'clock. xio iesiueuis oi vvasatcn county were admitted to citizenship, viz; John Blackley, Thomas Blackley, Roger ! Horrocks and George Harbour. At 2 o'clock the grand jury filed into court and presented one indictment under the laws of the territory and reported re-ported having ignored the case of the united States vs. Alma Hague for making mak-ing false entries on the hnni-a f First National bank tf Nenhi. The body's final report was then presented reporters "were 'prwiegearTOOr over the main body of the report, but there was an appendix that was sacredly guarded lest the eagle eye of some scribe m'gbt scan it and publish its contents to the world. That appendix of course refers to some cases that have not yet been examined ex-amined into and at the present stage it would hinder justice to make public the names of those wl o are suspected of crime, but it undoubtedly contains other matter that would make "mighty interesting readin'. " It is pretty well known that some serious differences of opinion have arisen between the grand inquisitors and District Attorney Judd. Vnat these differences are may be made public at a later date when the grand jurors have gone to their homes, get away from tbe awe of the court and feel at liberty to talk. Rumor has it however that Judge Judd, in the view of the grand jurors, was altogether to vindictive in the prosecution of the cases against Alma Hague in piling up different charges against the ex-cashier, ex-cashier, under different statutes, thirteen in all, all for the same offense. That Mr. Judd became very autocratic, and dictatorial, so much bo as to be really offensive. That a deadlock has been on all the week between the pros ecutor and the grand jury, in conse quence of which no business has been transacted. The part of the grand jury's report that is public, sets forth that the body was empaneled February 19th; have devoted twelve days to the service of Uncle Sam and six to tbe territory; heve presented 9 United States indictments indict-ments and 20 territorial and igt o ed 3 United States cases and 7 territorial, after having examined 184 witnessep. The grand jury have warm words f praise for the manner in which the asylum and Utah county jail are kept. On motion of District Attorney Judd the case against Hague for false entries jast ignored was ordered resubmitted to the next grand jury. The members of the grand jury were complimented warmly by Judge Smith for the very conecienteoua and efficient work they have performed and then discharged. The arguments in the Shaw adultery case were begun. The case is now in the hands of tbe jury. |