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Show Re diicl: Never .noticed the d.ller-euce d.ller-euce betw ecu sic.es; the rivets might he oat oi'one kind us well as another as far as I know. Mr. Carner. Live at Chester; my business is running a hack; have some times noticed that rivets were out of in ill sacks; Baker has called my attention atten-tion to it. To Mr. Evan: Baker called my attention atten-tion to tliis alter liaker was suspected; never noticed it before. iatnes Ramsy: Live at Richfield; am utcliei; prior to that I was a mail driver; drove about six months frr Mr. Baker drove from Manti to Moroni; have seen as high as four rivets out of a sack and twelve or thirteen washers oft; it was a general occurrence for livets to be out, To Mr. Evans. Don't know that I ever noticed any rivets out of a brass lock pouch. Ke-duect: The brass lock pouches are about the same as others with the exception that they have a brass lock. John R. Baker, Am the defendant in this ca;e; have been mail driver during dur-ing the past two years; am eighteen yeais of age; lor the last couple of months I have been driving between Manti and Chester; have noticed mail sacks; in reference re-ference to the livets being out; rivets would be out, on an average about once or twice a week: Mr Will.s postmaster at Salina, gave me a sack with two rivets ri-vets out; I refused to take it, this was the first trip after I had been accused of taking rivets out of a sack; have taken sasks before with rivets out; since my talk with Willis, 1 have noticed the sacks more particularly and I have noticed rivets out u n rly everv davj at one lime 1 saw three consecutive rivets out; have never noticed that any rivets came out while thev were in my possession; have never taken any rivets out; have never tampered with sicks beyond putting llieni 111 mid taking them out of the wagon; h ive never taken any mail matter mat-ter out of them, don't remember the list ol last March. To Mr, Evans: Have seen rivets out of brass lock pouches; it was a bras-s was tiled and would take wliat'.sheep he bad and go, I said all right lie Could come again and get the rest of his sheep kept the sheep around there for two or three weeks but he never came back; there are some of my sheep in bis held now, Mr Evans Hated that he did not make any contention lor a verdict in this case. The jury was instructed to return a verdict of not guilty. John Mitchell and Charles Anderson, burglary, called andj'iry empaneled, The jury in the case of the United Stales vs. John R. liaker came into court and asked il they were to accept tha testimony ( f the delendant. Ilis honor instructed the jury that thev w ere the sole iudgi s as to the ciedibil-it ciedibil-it y ol the w itnesses. The defendant had been accused of a crime and his interests in the matter was to be coii-sideied. coii-sideied. The case of Charles Anderson and John Mitchell burglary was submitted to the jury. A special venire ol six jurors was returned re-turned as follows: Don R.Corav, Thomas Beeslev, Clark, Maiben and .Reed were excused on account of business obligations obliga-tions which lequiied their immediate attention. A motion lor a new trial in the case of Divine. The motion overuled and the defendant sentenced to two years inpiis-oiimeut inpiis-oiimeut in the penitentiary. The case of Charles Andsrson and (ohn Mitchell, burglary, verdict ol guilty. BAKER CASK. The jury in the case of the United Slates vs. John R. Raker came into court and reported that they had not ngreed upon a verd ct.and from appearence they cojld not do so. They were sent back to thejuiy room for another hour with instiuciions to agree. Charles Anderson and John Mitchell were sentenced to three years imprisonment. imprison-ment. After about an hour had passed away, the jury in the Baker case lepoiied that thev could not agree upon a verdict I District Court i I Tie September -1890 Term jfi j of the f lirst Judicial District of I : Uath. The IT ' lhe Case against J. R. Baker. I of Bichfield f'i V-om the 'Enquirer;'' j H I'HURSDA Y.Oct. 9. I I People vs H. C.Crosbie, robbetv. I 'i THE U. S. MAIL SACKS. Jl,rv instructed and retired. The case of the United States vsj. R. f Baker, injuring U.S. mall bags, called and jury empanneled. Messrs. Evans j fnJ Zane prosecuted the case and Messrs i Thurman and Johnson appealed lor the ; defence. I Alva A Gardener: Am a post office I inspector; am acquainted to a ceitain extent with the mail routes 111 the south-I south-I ern part of the Territory; there is a i; :s through pouch from Salina to Marysvale if (The envelope of a registry package was produced as having been sent from the postmaster at Marvsvale to the post olhce inspector's office at Denver Colorado.) Colo-rado.) Fred G. Willis: Am postmaster at alina; have been so about eight years; iV registered mail matter between Alrysvali and S.ilina go.-s in brass I ic pouones these pouches cannot be opened between the two offices; recognizes reco-gnizes this envelope; (the registry envelop;) en-velop;) it was mmkrd O K by me at the Salma post office and placed in a brass Jock pouch lor Alarysvale. do not know F who drove the mail wagon 011 tlu day this envelope was tent. Miss Sarah Johnson; Was assistant postmaster on ill -jiu day ol March ol this ye r at R chlield; John R Baker brought the mail Iroui Salina to Rich field on mat d ly; t ieie w is a brass lock ... , ,!, . . ,, Diey weie discharged from the the fur-thei fur-thei consideration ol the case. The jury stood eight for accq iittal and lour for coiiVictn.il. MONDAY Oct. y. Albert Siabee, J ones C. Matthews, ID. C. Johnson aud.. fettigrew, all of Spnngville were examined and sworn as petit jurors. The case of the United Stales vs.Char les Williams et al: was ordered dismissed dismiss-ed on motion of the prosecuting attor-uty. attor-uty. The case of the people vs. Henry Grane Frank Hill and Henry Cloud, burglary, called and jury empaneled. The case ol the 1'eople vs. Chailes L, I.HiPjis; assault with a deadly weapon wiiii intent to do bodily injury, was called and juiy empaneled. pouch among the mail matter; two rivets ri-vets had been removed from tue pouch; d.d.i't notice that any more rivets ne:e gone; I did not notice it on that day but 011 otuer days I noticed hat the rivets looked like thev had been taken out and put in again. To Mr Tnurnun S metimes rivets come out of mail pouches; the pouches are sometime mended at Rlchtield. The jury in the case of the People vs H C Crosbie, assult with ntent to Commit Com-mit robbery, came into court with a verdict ver-dict of guilty as charged in the indictment. indict-ment. Peter Jeuson was called in the Raker CaSd Remember the circumstance spoken of by the previous witness as hiving occtired on the 21st of March; 1 jok the m til pouch from the driver; I .vo rivets weie ni.ssiug; John R Baker was the diive ; rivets will drop out oc-cisionally, oc-cisionally, ou. not veiy frequently; have II .meed 011 other occ isions that rivets I t.-ic inmsiu,;; there weie Irom two to ' t li r.ers out at d (Lieut timto; John K 'i. .er was di ver; never knew riveis t , una out except wh .11 ohn R Baker or Aurther Jjaker was driving. Mr Murry; Am postmaster at Marvsvale; Ma-rvsvale; 1 believe the mail matter com 111; from th .- north has been la npered w.th several time-; in the 22nd dav ol March two or three riveis had betn taken out of the brass poucil and the jend of a registry euvtlope had been " toil! open it is geueially supposed that the registry ptckages contained the money; the mail had been tampered , with on other occ isions. Wm Nelson: Was living at Richfield on the 21 of last 'daich; was driving mail' between R chriel i and Monroe; on that occasion I had a biass lock pouch Jim nig the mailm.uter; there weie riveis out and otuers looked like they had been tampered with; have noticed the 'Same thing before and since; think John R Baker brought the mail into R chlield. Never saw an)t.liu of fie kind before these occasions. " FRIDAY; Oct. to. T, H. Boyer sentenced to twi yean imprisioumeut for burglary. H C Crosbie sentenced to three yeais N imprisionment on conviction of assault will) intent to commit robbeiy. U. S. MAIL SACKS II The taking of testimony in the John R H Baker mail case was resumed. 1 Air. Gardner was recalled: Have re-m re-m ceived affidavits that these losses sus-lj sus-lj tamed on the Joint R Baker mail route W since April; it amounted to $270.82; I there have been no losses since Baker itelt the road. T To Mr Thurman.' Have received affi Vvits that these tosses have been sus-lued; sus-lued; these afidavits are the only lowledge 1 have of the losses. The testimony was objected by Mr A Thurman as hcreay, and was ordered t ' stricken out. . J Have had considerable experience " with mad sacks; my experience is that rivets very seldom come out. The prosecution rested. f.une Fanner was called for the defence: de-fence: ilave lived in Monroe over "ven een years; am acqua tited at Rich- f ' fial I; nave had experience in handling mail sacks; 1 was sub-,nail contractu! lor eig it yeais; cariied the mail Irom "71 to Mo; nave noticed frequently that the wasoers would c.me "ti from the rivets . il mill sacks; the rivets would be found i.side ilia mail sacks when they w;"e opened; the mail sacks were I fregue lv ii paned , To li Evir.s'-Riv-'sgi;erully come f " out a' tne tide; n. ;'i-i' s. w as many as 1 loJi 1. ccoiii' u' t ige.iu-i; couldn'i 1 tay m t: 1 ever saw riveis come out lor I ihree t.mes in succession; have noticed I it per a s once in t tree or four weeks 4 never noticed rivets falling of new o lock pouch that I refused to take from Mr. Wdiis at Salina; it bad two rivets 0 il; :Lss Johnson never called my at-ten at-ten ion to nvets w ith reversed washers on Wm. G. Baker: Live at Richfield; the defendant is my son; have been engaged en-gaged in carrying the mail for the last sixteen years; have noticed the condition condi-tion ol m.ul sacks with refeience to the ri vets b-iing out; have saen sacks with from one to three rivets out; some of the caps off; have seen this pr viotis lo my son's airesi; have not noticed what kind of leck was on the sacks, since my sou's airest I have instructed mv drivers o report tomeall sacks that had livets out; 1 have also noticed some niysell; 011 one occasion 1 received a sack at Chester with two rivets gone and five ,v nsners t S; on another occasion I received re-ceived a s ick at f.ianti with three rive's gone and tbiee washers otf; 1 Called the attention of the p s master to the fact. (The, witnesses related a nuuibtr ol other insum es of riveis being out where the lact had come under li.s personal observation. ilave never removed any livets from mail sacks, do not know of any employees doing so; ilave t cvei instructed them to dn so. Frank Bake! assessor and collector of Sevier county and biother of the defendant, defen-dant, had driven occasionally aim had seen sacks with rivets cut and holes in them. Andrew Gilbert, a harness maker, had testuiedjthata nia.l'sack h 'd been menr-ed menr-ed at the harness shop; the boy who 11 id done the woik had done so in a bungling manner. Mr. B.'rg, a i.Kichfie!d harness maker, had mended mail sacks a number of times. Rivets had beet: out and caps ofl John R Baker's reputation was good. Mersrs Rauisy, Gilbert and otheis testified tes-tified to the good reputation of the delendant de-lendant The prosecution in the case of the UnitedStates vs. John R. Baker, injuring mail sacks with the intent of committing tobbeiy, desired to waive their opening aigimicnt. Mr. Thurman objected, it was the duty ol the prosecution to make the opening argument. Authorities were produced in support of this position. Mr. Zane; Uh well, it will take as long to discuss this question as to make the opening argument. The arguments were accordingly proceeded pro-ceeded within the usual manner. SATURDAY.OcT.it. The juiy in the case of the United States vs. John R. Baker was charged and tetired. For unfawfully driving sheep. The case of the paople vs, Neils An-deison, An-deison, on appeal from San Pete county unlawfully driving sheep from the range, was called and jury empaneled. Messis. Fvans and Lrickson prosecuted prose-cuted and Messrs. Thurman & King and Johnson appeared for the defense. Henry Mower was arraigned on a charge of unlawful cohabitation and en tered a plea of not guilty. Thecasew'as continued for the term on the application 01 the defendant. ANDERSON SHKEP CVSE. The Anderson sncep case was resumed. resum-ed. Christian Madsen. Live at Manti, San Pete county; my business in July last was diiv ng sheep; had chsige of the San Pete Co-op: herd; the sheep wen- ranging in the east mountains; saw the defend -nl on the 171IV ol last July; he was drivnu a heid of sheep;got woid that some of my sheep had got w ith his Sheep; s aitevl alif.i the held and told Mt. Audeisi n 1 would like o gel my sheep om: t .Id him there wasa cm 1 all a little further on; Mr. Anderson told me that he knew nothing about me or my sheep; 1 might be some d d rogue who would take hill ol his herd; Mr. Rigley was there and kne- my maik, but Mr, Anderson would not let me nave mv she.ro: tlie sheep had been j newly repaired sacks 011 tue lirst tup; I never Knew of any leistered poucnes j !to bi taken out if tue sacks fia n which rive. s iwd c me o it. M -iael Fetus: .lave been conductor conduct-or o.i the Sin Peie Valley Radioad for , !te st year; I d.sMii'.iiiuetl about 10 ft weeKsago; as conductor 1 had to take ' f ma I from Nephi 10 d roui; I there de-Iw.'ied de-Iw.'ied it to the de endant generally n 1 i :vd ne 'auotit nine m -ths ago; wi 11 t.veis .tit. or the caps ii; some-tim some-tim s tw 1 rivets would he -ut together and t ie Washer wou d be fT tne next one; no.ueliines Baker would call my attention 10 it and would refuse to lake t ie mail; told 11.111 to tike it a..yh . W'Jtud d. -liver a to tue nearest post olhce. To Air. Ev ins: Rj.nuut.v-ir waeii the inspector came turougu; he lock nie aside showed me his raid and told me to keep my mouth siiu.; I did so. don.t jen jw whether my breakman said anything any-thing or ii. t; don't know that I ever - w any rivets out ol a brass lock l?Hch diiveii ah..ut 'weuty miles;got the shetifi to go with me after I he sheep; I think it was 011 the 20th ol Ju.j; got 195 ol my Shrvp. .'.; To Mr. Johnson: Think it was on the 18 that 1 swore oui a complaint against Mr. Anderson; some of my sheep got in witn Mr. Ohon's l.eid 111 Jure; when 1 got my sueep'. Rigley said; "If I had control of t!ie sheep I would know what to do;" I think this was after Anderson An-derson said, If Mr RigleV who knew the ; marks was willing, he would let me have I the sneep, , I The proseaution rested. 1 Ole O e.011 was cal'ee by the defense: j L've in Emery county; am acquainted j wi'h the lastwitues.;his sheep got mixed j with mine June las-; kept the sheep corralled for two days and notified him ' to come and pick out his sheep, he came and picked out sheep until he said he |