| Show FIVE SENTENCES GIVEN BY COURT IN FIVE CRIMINAL CASES PRESENTED five ITI criminal inal charges heard by the district court at the alio present term resulted in five sentences being given by the court which Is a rather unusual record for or criminal prosecutions nowadays three of the cases were tor for burglary however which involved the same offense that of robbing mars liens dens and the three defendants though they were entitled to separate trials each pleaded guilty and were sentenced to the state penitentiary for or one to twenty y years the defendants were harold grover 23 james jamea lawrence 19 and william willam randall 32 all of cedar city they were caught with the goods in their possession as previously report ed and alter after considerable questioning confessed but when they were brought into court each entered a plea of not guilty they were given time to get counsel and tailing failing to do so the court appointed counsel to represent them following that however each came into court and asked to change his plea to guilty sentence was then imposed and they were remanded to the culs custody tody of 0 the sheriff to be taken forthwith to the penitentiary the two other cases were against T D harrlson harrison and 0 S tz each charged with rape harrlson harrison was tried first and the jury brought in two verdicts one tor for assault and one for or battery only one was permissible under the courts ruling so it was held to be a mistrial while the court was deliberating as to what 0 to o do the case against tz was tried and the jury brought in a verdict of guilty was sentenced to the state prison for or one 0 to o ten years then harrlson harrison agreed to plead guilty to and battery and the prosecution consented to it provided the maximum penalty for a misdemeanor be given him the court thereupon sentenced him to six months in the county jail at hard labor and a tine fine of CIVIL CASES HEARD action on oil civil cases during the term as revealed by the court minutes included the following interstate inter state fidelity building and loan vs va edward E burton default judgment entered tor for amount ot of mortgage interest costs and attorneys fees and the usual order 0 of sale cedar sheep association vs eugene christensen Chrls continued for the term cedar mercantile co vs iron springs townsite filling agency et a al a default judgment was taken and the court entered its decree quieting title in plaintiff to the property involved rulon 13 dalley dailey vs midwestern mid western dairy products co the plaintiff submitted his evidence in a suit to fm damage and the court after hearing same sustained a motion by the defendant for nonsuit non suit which of 0 course ended the trial in favor of the defendant plaintiff was given sixty days ext extension ensio n of time lime in which to prepare and tile file a bill ot of exceptions the suit resulted front from baileys Dal Dai leys being injured and his car wrecked when be ran into a car belonging to defendant on oil the road near the night of july ath in the case of the state vs ernest murle the defendant appeared in court in fit accordance with a previous order that he should report at every term and was questioned by the judge following which he was told to report again at the next term in the case ot of della delia W sproul vs ardell sproule plaintiff plain was given an interlocutory decree of divorce which included the restoration ot of her maiden name of della delia wright in the case of langston vs va W robert langston the plaintiff was waa given a decree of divorce with custody of 0 a minor child rebecca goddard was also given a continued to back page PT FIVE SENTENCES GIVEN IN FIVE CRIMINAL CASES continued from first page decree of 0 divorce from richard goddard the parties stipulated that thai defendant might have custody of a minor firor child provided it might remain with defendants mother the stipulation also provided tor for payment to plaintiff of 75 attorneys tee fee and court costs ruby middleton maddle ton was given a decree of divorce from george P middleton which included custody ot of minor child 15 a month alimony 50 attorney fee and restoration of maiden name to ruby matheson li ii case of the mutual finance investment co vs louise P tucker et al the defendants demurrer was sustained and given 30 days to amend A motion tor for a new trial in the case of the peoples finance and thrift corporation vs G mcconnell was denied in the case of J C little et al is ill 0 13 burt burl which involves the ownership and right of possession to the farm north of which las has been under the management of max alex ward the defendant was dented a further extension of time I 1 in which to comply with the previous order and ruling of the court the judge ruled that plaintiffs are entitled to possession of the premises and the defendants were given a reasonable time not to exceed sixty days in which to remove their personal property include including aing crops from the place in the case calls of J S simons vs rex perry the defendants demurrer was wast lover overruled ruled and the defendant was given thirty days in which to answer plaintiffs complaint some probate matters were also disposed of during the session |
