Show FOURTH DISTRICT COURT burnett found guilty and given one ear in the pen the case of alie people vs W burnett charged with house breaking occupied the attention of the fourth district court nearly alie entire day yesterday attorneys bagdoy and appeared for alie defendant burnett alio was supposed to have been implicated in numerous robberies was sentenced on december ath of last year to ninetynine ninety nine days on the clinin gang for vagrancy but fn consideration of his leaving town at once sentence was sus subsequently he was arrested for breaking into a house of J II 11 cordon on twenty street and removing without permission four extension tables cordon stated that about the last of october 1892 his house on twenty fifth street was vacated locked and the keys turned over to him about a month later lie wae passing the vacant aliouse and naturally looked in to see it every thing was all right ho was astonished to find alio rear door broken open and four extension tables missing he reported the matter to the police who found the etalon properly in the store of a secondhand nian named forbas forica gave the description of a negro alio alie tables to him for 6 a few days sold previous and burnett was arrested ns the man the express man who delivered the tables for the negro and forbes jr swore that burnett was alie man who disposed of the tables forbes sr was not so positive as he stated that all negroes resembled each other as much to him aa attorneys bagley and higbee made a strong case on the strength of identification while prosecutor allison made a determined effort on the part of the people the case yas eivan to the jury at 4 afternoon alio returned in n few with a verdict of guilty judge aimer sentenced burnett to imprisonment in the for alie term of one year he was taken to the pen by deputy marshall gill last night henry stander convicted on wednesday of adultery was arraigned for sentence but at alie request of his attorneys a continuance was taken until may the second ease of adultery against the man was continued for alie term in thie case the crime is said to have been with a plural wife william parker a native of was admitted to citizenship john P peterson and augusta peter eon husband and wife yesterday began a novel suit against richard ballantyne and richard A ballantyne Ballan for damages in the sum of alleged to have been sustained through the defendants fend ants using lucli language and threats toward the woman that she became prostrated through fright as to sustain permanent injury the complain out that on may the defendants called at alie home of the plaintiffs during the absence of peterson and threatened to turn tho family out into the street unless the wife would sign a certain mortgage drawn in favor of themselves to secure alie payment of a claim peterson that by reason of the threats mrs peterson was put in great fear und but great nervous prostration much so in fact that she had a miscarriage and for some time lay at the point of death by reason of that sickness she is said to have sustained permanent in juries |