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Show DISTRICT COURT. Adolph Lockwitz Loses Both of His Cases. HE WAS NOT SLANDERED 7a Such a Way .That Money Can be Ke- covered for Any Damage to Hi Character Char-acter He May Have Sustained-John W. Beasley is Suing a Nephi Constable. Adolph Lockwitz lost both of his damage euits. He was nonsuited in the case against Pat tibae and in the case agaiustC. V. Clark, the jury at 11 o'clock on Saturday night brought in a verdict, no cause of action. In both casta Lockwitz sued for $5000 damages alleged to have been sustained because of eUnder, tho defendants having hav-ing accused him (Lockwitz) of starting big hies that did great durnage in Ea-reka Ea-reka last summer. The case on trial today is entitled J. W. Ue&sh y vs. E. H. Spark et al. D. D. Houtz and Arthur Brown appear icr the plaintiff and Messrs. S. R, Thurnian, George Sutherland and E. 13. Critchlow represent the "defendants. This case was once tried before, resulting result-ing in favor of the plaintiff, the jury awarding him a yerdict for $760.00 and costs $105 00. A motion for a new trial was thereaiter made and a new trial was granted. In August of 1893, Mr. Sparks, who was . then constable for .Nephi precinct, ie-'ied upon and sold certain LHck, burned and unburned, at Nephi under an execution issued out of the justice's court at Nephi,against Sam H. Beasley, a brother cf John, and in f acor of Read & Bran, merchants. John "V. Ueasley, who is now clerk of the First District court and who was then studying law in the law office of King & Houtz, aheges that he, not his brother, was conducting the business at Nephi; that his brother Sam was merely an employe em-ploye (foreman or superintendent) upon the yards, and that the brick levied upon and taken away wTas the property of John Beasley. not of Sam Beasley against whom the extcution was issued. John now suee for the recovery, of the value of the brick which he alleges to be $930.00. The defense is that :he transfer of the bueiness in the spring of 1893 from 8am to John was fraudulent and made only with a view to prevent the creditors cred-itors of Sam taking the property in payment of debta. The prosecution, tiowever-eets up and hies totroa titat bam Lad HCtuaiiv quit the business busi-ness at Nephi and was making arrangements ar-rangements to move his family to Provo, his original home, when John, after looking the ground over concluded con-cluded that with better management than Sam had heretofore given it, the brick business in Nephi could be made a profitable one, and in pursuance of this he leased the yards and started up the business, employing hid brother Sam as a w orkman on the yard the same aa other men. |