| Show A LAWYER LOWERED jas mcknight appears iu in an unan viable light the third district court on friday afternoon was occupied by the trial tr ja I 1 of the case of and others against jas mcknight et al mcknight defended him self while arthur brown esq E appeared for the prosecution according to eo the deseret news the case appears to be founded upon the allegations that seu had ft a piece bece of property he wanted to sell for and that I 1 mcknight night bought oil it giving down anda and a note and mortgage ge for ohp rest but that there appeared app fared fraud and crookedness in the drawing up tip of the last named ra Riis tn mussen usen eus peeling some crookedness in the tile transaction sought sou alit tu to have it straightened 0 in the tile court afier after a very interesting time friday it in which the veracity of mr air ale knight was seriously omd thu the court ourt allowed him bitu twenty minutes to get witnesses to refute the tile testimony of several members af the bar and a herall reporter against defendants character de said in that time he could bring in arty witnessed witnesses to testify to hi liia i truthfulness and good character the court waited double the time and then adjourned until saturday mo morning ruing at 10 thu tile case was continued saturday morning at about 11 defendant introduced two witnesses te john J kelly and G F potter who w ho testified that they knew defendant and would be willing to believe him on 0 oath ath had heard nothing detrimental to ins his veracity mr alcot mckinight light said he could bring more wore witnessed that would testify to the same effect but deemed two good honest witnesses sufficient arthur brown then rose and asked a decree from the court that would made the plaintiff whole in this matter he lie reviewed in a short clear and concise manner the tile fraudulent transaction said the papers themselves showed fraud and ancl forgery and punishment should be administered accordingly said defendant had acknowledged c that the original bargain an and d understanding uDder standing between th parties vas that defendant should pay plaintiff down and give an honest security for the balance showed that alary A me knight did not pretend to any ally claim upon the property at mcknight defendant complained lied that the prosecution had alx rix witnesses to his one he clai claimed nied that previous to the commencement of the tile suit arranges arran geu geri auts were in in progress to make wake things satisfactory to both parties but owing r to a eua den den catastrophe occurring to the mind of the plaintiff the suit was instituted he ile attempted to show that the plaintiff was trying to perpetrate p a fraud in endeavoring to regain the property and imar improvements 0 ve that defendant had made he ile made a lengthy and exhaustive defense to show that the transaction was straight and legitimate but failed to straighten in the judges mind the crookedness cnown shown up by the prosecutions prosecution a witness D CS 8 after he be finally closed judge zane gave 1 careful review of the case and testimony holding that it was a clear case of fraud he ile blushed to think that one of the legal profession profess iob should be guilty of I 1 such a transaction and advised him bim to abandon the profession assion and disgrace it no longer he ile then granted a decree aa as asked in the complaint the defendant accepted the ruling of the court and ten days da ys were given him to comply with the decree |
