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Show j District Court 'j : The D8oUir!3r--iS30 -Tern oi rbe First Judicial District of Uath. The Saa Fte Post Office Cases come up From t'.ie '.nquirer.' WKDNKSDAY. SEPT. 21. Charles iloyer and John McDonald were arraigned on a charge of stealing two watches from the frovo East Co-op ihey plead not guilty, and Mr. Myton was appointed attorney for the defense The j-rand jury came into the court and reported ten indictments The case of the people vs. Chas. Ray mond, was set for a o'clock. Tlie case of tne people vs' Pat Collins, burglary, was set fur September 26; and E. A Wilson was appointed by the court to act for the defense. L. H. Miller came into con it and fn-tered fn-tered a plea ol guilty to the charge of unlawlul cohabitation, Sentence was set for to- morrow morning. Thegrand jnry came into ciurt and presented an amended indictment in the bover NcD nald case. Hover and McDonald were again arraigned ar-raigned and plead not guilty to the charge of house- breaking. A jury was empineled. Mr. Myton was very sulitious to know it the juror were Mormons William D.tvis was arraigned on a charge of assault with attempt to murder. mur-der. He plead not guilly. The case was set lor Sept. 25. William Goodwin and vV'illiam Smith, charged with committing burglary, plead not guilty. L. A, Wilson, wa appointed ap-pointed attorney for the defendants and tiie case was set for Sept 26. The case ol the People vs. Charles Bo-yerand Bo-yerand John McDonald was continued. The case of the People vs. Charles Raymond, burglary, was called and a jury empaneled. Mr. Evans prsecuud and V'r. E. A. Wilson appeared for the ilelense. The jury in the Boyer and McDonald laiceny case rameinlo court and rendered render-ed a verdict of guilty of grand larceny Charles Hover was brought forward and sentenced to the penileuiary for one year. oim McDonald was seventeen years ol a;e and was sent to retorm school to remain until at years ol ae or until he was discharged. The attorney argued the Rivmond case and it was submitted to the jury who returned almost immediately wilh a verdict of guilty of burglary as charged in the indictment, THURSDAV, SEPT. 35. The grand jury came into court and reported that rive iuJ ctments hail been found. x The case of the People vs. M C. VV'ei-ner, VV'ei-ner, assault was ignored. The case of tha People vs. Charles Ray mond, assault with a deadly weapon, was called.and a jiuy empaneled, Mr Evans prosecuted and E A. Wilson. Wil-son. Esq , appealed lor the defei.ee. Charles Phillips; was called an J testified testi-fied that lie uas uiglitwaichman at the People's Cooperative. Institution in I.clu on the night of September 44, and as he was enuring the store about mid night alter milking a lour uf inspection, he was struck 011 the head with a club in Ihe h nids of the dufeniUius who bad entered the store in h s nbsense. The cae was siibm.tted to the Juiy without aigument. The jury returned a verdict i f gtiiliy aft-r being out a f-. w m miles. Mr, Wilson statedthal he would rn ive for a new trial in the biugl.uy case. The case ol the Peoples vs. James Cliadwick and Edwaid Wh pp!e. grjnd laiceny, was called and .ijuiy impaneled. impanel-ed. George Sutherland appealed T.r the defense. FRIDAY. SEPT. 56. IJ. W. Driggs was arraigned on '.lie charge of adultery. The defendant touk ur.t 1 to-morrow morning to plead. The grand jury repotted three indictments indict-ments and ignored the following: The People vs. h. S. Wright et al Ray Alex-ender Alex-ender and Walter Mathews. Benjiman Foreman was arraigned on the charge of grand larceny, aud took the statuatory time to pltad. The accused ac-cused is said to have stolen a horse in Uintah county. Chailes Raymond came up tor sentence, sen-tence, having been convicted of burglary He stated he had been perfectly innocent of the charge, and asked leniency of the court. He was sentenced to thiee years confinement. The prisoner was also sentenced to six months confinement for having committed an assault upon Mr Piiillipps, with the intent to commit bodily harm. The argument in the grand larceny ease ol the people vs. Chadwick and Whipple weie then proceeded with. There have evidently been some falsehoods false-hoods told in this case and the lawyers took their own time in theorizing upon the 111. The judge charged the jury at considerable con-siderable length and they retired at the close of the forenoon session. Afier being out an hour, the jury btouiht back a verdict of guilty. A motion for a new trial was made. MUPiUAY. at.pi, 29. Wm. carbeit, Geo. fcrcanbraclt, charles Ercan-brack Ercan-brack and jamet Burrisoa arraigned on a charge of gisnd larceny and misbranding sheep. Henry P, Jensen arraigned on a charge of unlawful unlaw-ful cohabitation. (ioodwin smith, th Spanish Fork burglar, eatencerf to three years each. John Hakman plead not guilty to charge of forgery. John Pierce, the Pleasant Grose burglars, and Jimes HuNe, G, C. NfcDonald, who stole pistols from R-bert Re. Provo, were each found guilty and sen-tenred sen-tenred lo three years. Tae post office case against Joseph Pape. of Mt, Ple;int,Judge Jacob Johason appearing lor defence was put 00 trial and witnesses eaamiaed. The arguments argu-ments were made by attorneys oa both sides and th esse submitted to the jury. TUESDAY sF.PT. 3. The Grand jury reported seven indictments. The cases against j. H. Wallia, Joseph Garlic, Andrew Hendncksnn and R, M. Rogers were ignored. Warren II. smith arraigned on a charg of unlawful unlaw-ful cohabitation. The bonds of A. M. Barentsen. Joseph Dil worth and Daniel Bigelow were orderad forfeited. RobL Brooks, paddy Mc(iomt and James Bennett arraigned on a rharge of a?-jt, with intent to do bodily i.irm. Plead not guilty. Th burglar ratCallius was sentenced to three years imprnionmenL The cases J. P. rage, Gasper christeosen, E. W. Fox and J. L. reacock were dismissed by th pros-ctinng' pros-ctinng' attorney. These were san Pete Fust ortic cases. Mr. Zane stated that the principle evidence of the government in these cases was that of coas paii son and according to the ruling uf the court, thia was not admissible. I he report of th commissioner, in the West point Irrigation CO. vs. Itons H;tnen, et at. was approved. Thrc,tsof Mt. pleasant vs. tiiHi.ive Johnsen, ctal, was dismissed on motion of Jacob Johnson, The i-iry at 3 o'clock brought in a verdict of guilty in the Joseph Page case . |