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Show DISTRICT COURT, Business Transacted Yesterday Yester-day Afternoon and Today. A NEPHI WATER CASE Appealed From a Lower Court Where Conviction was Had is Now on Trial It cf Birht Should be a Civil Proceeding' Pro-ceeding' and Not A Criminal Case. Other than hearing and deciding the Haizht vs, Haight divorce case, reported re-ported yesterday in these columns business as follows was transacted in the First District court before adjournment adjourn-ment last evening: J. O. Sterling vs. R. G. W. lly. company. com-pany. Hearing, by consent of both parties, continued for the term. Juror Martin Ford was excused for tha term on account ot sickness. The People vb. David Fraighton. Upon motion of E, A. Wedgwood, Esq., order made that E. J. Harmston, justice jus-tice of the peace, transmit to the court the papers in the the case instanter. E. A. Wilson, Esq., moved the ad-mis3ion ad-mis3ion of Grant G. Bagley to the bar of this court and Messrs. E. A. Wilson, J. 1). Jones and E. A. Wedgwood were app inted a committee to examine Mr. Bagley as to his qualifications. The People vs. Daniel Palmer. Jury empaneled, case tried and verdict of not guilty rendered. Mr. Palmer was accused of haying stolen a bay mare in April 1893, tbe property of John Lottof Huntington, Emery county. This case has been up before tbe court four different times. For different reasons it could not be tried before, until yesterday. The" People vs. James Chase. Jury empaneled. Defense objected to introduction in-troduction of any evidence in the cae foi the reaeon of the insufficiency of the complaint. Oojection sustained and plaintiff allowed to amend complaint. com-plaint. Further hearing was continued contin-ued until THIS MORNING. Mr. Chase is accused of having stolen water. He was an employe of Hyde & Jensen of Ne phi and on July 5th last was watering lucern .and othrcrop3 near the firm's mill at the tnon of Salt Creek canyon. "' brought in the.1 where th'-the th'-the casr trict t wtt piamtih CAn Tobacco Co. Succea5oe t' the territory 1 i ing witness where The appealed case ot Provo . vs. Joseph Kirkwood, clerk at Smart & Co's drug store, was, by consent, continued con-tinued for the term. |