| Show COURT the grand jury file into court and present their report FALT mm mra RIM i bilot get tt rd still till D trial the jarf jury to 0 o bt be joas att baj joseph powers atta three the interest has somewhat flagged in the th 9 first district court that ia Is among the usual court followers and the room was not filled an as full s aa usual yesterday morning however the chairs inside of the rail were all taken and the regular jury was in at te teo dince the grand jury filed into court and took the box foreman Stif shilling fling presented the following report to the me if lion jame james A Jf afie miner ie judge ef f the first judicial cowl court the grand jury having completed s d its labors submit the following I 1 repart report we have bare been in session nineteen days have fund pov seventeen enteen united swee indictments indict menta have found forty eight territorial indictments have ignore twentynine twenty nine united states charges charlie have ignored seventeen territorial b a rap we have devoted dc nine ine days ays to 10 territorial business and ten days to united stiles states business we have bare examined the city jail and fiod find it in good condition aa as pr report of 0 herefo h reto attached we Vs also visited the territorial reform R form schol in a body and nod made a thorough investigation of the aff tira of f thit that institution found everything in a neat clean and orderly condition inmates fully folly and freely and find that the of the institution are conducted in a lite lize humane or orl orderly erly Jerly and systematic manner and find that the officers of the institution are entitled to great credit for the same it will be noticed that 1 in united states cases many more charges were ignored than indictments indict menta foaad this we find due to the carelessness inefficiency or avariciousness avaricious of com corn nere or magistrates courtain courts in committing to our investigation cases with or no evidence at aff alt and should either have been disposed sed of in the lower court or never have to ave been begun in the first place this applies particularly to the commissioners ners court of lokan logan and cache county and we heartily disapprove of the government being put to t 0 the enormous expense these cases are made to entail with no grounds whatever for rainy many ot at them having been brought at all we desire to thank the court and the officers and attaches theretofore thereto for the kind courteous and considerate treatment we have received at their bands hands submitted W N Sn knilling ILLING foreman OGDEN CITY utah dec 1 1890 to th the foreman of odthe the grand jury rury we your committee appointed to examine xam ine the county jail beg leave to abra t the following we have carefully examined the county 0 0 anly jail a lot 0 web weber er county U and 6 and Z id it in a bood d healthy con condition d 1 tion and everything pertaining thereto neat and clean 0 P herriman IIer riman 8 11 II cave J F Biasch er cr J A stevens 31 D cox committee we e your committee appointed to inspect the city joil found J W baxter in attendance who very willingly gave ua us all sill the information required we find the interior of the j well kept and everything in gowl good order but at e times imos a liitle little email small to accommodate the demand the culinary department in ir well supplied with rood good substantial food in abundant abon dant quantity dumber number of inmate inmates twenty mat bialos be W W corey if 11 berry 0 A nelson P 0 J 8 L U D ensign commilee Comm itce itee judge miner addressed alo jury and stated that he was well with the labors performed and thought thou tit that they might feel proud of 0 the record made at this term then dismissed them un until t 11 the firt monday in to february the case of the people Vs E el I 1 mccaffrey charged with assault with a deadly weapon with intent to murder committed upon the body of cole noel on june last in the capitol saloon was resumed jago noels companion at he the time of tio shooting wan examined by the prosecution but little new being cleaned gleaned from him except the fact that he hid had disarmed the defendant and while doing GO so the latter bad had pulled a large knife upon him marshal mclellan officers verge and geiger george morrison the bartender at the capitol and a number of others were placed upon the stand stend and gave the details of the arrest arest r and subsequent proceedings the knife and revolver were placed in evidence and taken charge of by the tho reporter the prosecution rested and majr breeden proceeded with the evidence the major did not deem it necessary to make an opening and placed mccaffiety upon the stand the defendants defend anta testimony was nearly nealy the same as has been previously given tip to a certain point abero he ie differed materially lie ile stated hat that at the time of the dice shaking he ie had bad won several times and eo so bad had noel but bat that when the last throw was made jao jazo and noel had created he the quarrel noel placed the pot iu u his pocket and although repeatedly asked to give it up bad had refu refused eed jago drew back and the defendant states that th a the be saw wm him pull a along shot partly out of his pocket noel was running around and mccaffrey Mc Caffroy ry says trying to strike him at ibis this juncture out comes the defendants defend anta revolver and he flourished it around considerably sider aider ably to keep the men off jago made a paea pass at him and noel moved apace a pare nearer thinking that they meant to assault him defendant fired and the ball entered noels stomach with the help of the bartender mccaffrey managed to place the wounded man on a chair and hold him until he be could be removed to his home this was in substance the defense although several minor points were made mad 0 by both sides in the examination the defendant was subjected to a rigid cross examination b by y mr air evans and camo came near seriously ear iouale crossing him self judie judae was pot put upon the stand in n to impeach the testimony of morrison by relating the answers made at the preliminary examination nothing came of it however able arguments and reviews were made by both eides sides major breeden taking up nearly au an hour dour judge miner will make his charo charge this morning and the case will be given to the jury ory the following additional business ba ainess was transacted people vs J M hlin and frank McAlan ls arraigned on charge of forgery and took statuary time to plead people vs joseph powers defendant withdrew a plea of cot not guilty and entered one of guilty sentenced ced to three years in the penitentiary durias during the carnival powers by bis his actions caused considerable suspicion and was accused of robbing a large number of bouses houses the police decided to capture him oce of the force went oat out into the baik bak yard of a certain saloon and pretended to be very drunk rolling around on the ground and slid acting as though unable to help himell liim rell As was intended powers followed him out and proceeded to RO go through throng 1 i his clothing two lancers were watching a but the pretended drunk began to think they were never coming to his aid and at tempted m apte to set get up this his did id not exactly suit powers exquisite taste and ba S banged the policeman over the h bead e d with some bard hard substance sabi tance and made him lie down again the prompter gava gave the other actors in the little drama their cue aad before the robber knew where he was two revolvers were leveled at him and the trusty found himself in the cooler the brand grand jury found a true bill against him with the store men tinned results sufan susan A mason vs J al mason decree of divorce granted on default grand jury came into court and re polled three indictments under territorial laws and ignored one case court adjourned until this mornine |
