Pioche daily record. [volume] (Pioche, Nev.) 1872-1876, 1874-02-26
LEGAL INTELLIGENCE.

thinning. At the opening of the after
In .ession the District Attorney called
D.puty Sheriff Hoag whose testimony
,rsnt to the Identification of the knife
-.;,b which the killing was done. The
"Insecntion here rested. After a short
Pinse defendants counsel rested, deciin-
Ia IN offer any testimony, virtually rest
inc the defense upon the testimony intro
5peed by the State. BY agreement OF
Sonusel Mr.. Handy will open the argu-
ment for the prosecution, Mr.. O'Dough-
srtv will follow in behalf of the defend
ant. Judge Aud, of counsel for defend
ant will next address the jury, and Dis
,rirt Attorney Goldthwaite will close for
,be State. The argument will begin at
10 o'clock this morning, to which hour
tbe Court stands adjourned. The case
will be submitted to the jury some time
today The respective counsel will sub
nit instructions for the guidance of the
iury in arriving at IL proper conclusion,
and If no discussion should ensue in re-
GARD TO instructions the case will 90 to
the Jury during the afternoon or even
ing
PETTY LARCENY. - Tewkey and Nc
Donnell were brought before Justice Van
Hagen yesterday on a charge of petty
larceny in stealing three pair of pants
from the store OF S. Ashim & Bro.
Ashim and his clerk identified the pants,
one pair which Mcdonnell was wearing.
Officer Pearson and Mckee found the
pants in IL cabin in Thief Caynon occu-
pied By defendants, the goods being un-
der the mattress on which they slept.
TeWkey was sworn, and said that Med.
brought the pants to the cabin, alleging
that he bought them at a bargain from a
passing traveller. Tewkey was discharged
and Mcdonnell was ordered to appear
for sentence this morning. Another
party who was suspected of completely
in the foregoing transformations
name we have forgotten-was arrested
by Officer Mckee, but was subsequently
set at liberty.
DEABTH OF ITEMs.-In all well regu-
lated communities there will OCCASION
ally be day upon which items are hard
to scare up. Yesterday was such day
in Phoebe. The District Court was oc.
cupied in hearing testimony in the Fer
guson murder case, which, by the way,
attracted no such general interest in the
public mind AS was exhibited last Sum-
mer during the respective trials Of How
nrd, Harrington, Mckinney and Fergu-
son. There is no telling but that the
punishment awarded to Howard and
Harrington may have had its effect in
preventing the tragic events which for
merly afforded the reporter an opportun.
ity to fill the local column without diff
Guilty And who can say that the blood
thirsty are not waiting for the result in
the Ferguson trial before again opening
their batteries?
YESTERDAY, while q charge of petty
larceny was before Justice Van Hagen,
counsel for the State asked a witness
about the character sustained by the two
defendants. Counsel for the accused OBJ
jected. The attorney for the State said
that he wished to prove that defendants
We're recognized thieves and vagabonds,
aud that Justices Courts had jurisdiction
of such cases. The defendants counsel
contended that it was immaterial whether
it were proven that these men had
preached the gospel regularly for the
past six months or were common thieves,
the question was whether they committed
the larceny. Objection sustained.
-SrRIKEs. While there are numerous
strikes among the laboring classes in the
East, here in Phoebe we are having
strikes of very different and altogether
of more pleasing character. We gave
yesterday an account of strike in the
American Flag, and following close upon
it came a rumor of some rich develop
ment in the Raymond Il Ely and the
same in the Portland. Before referring
further to these last We prefer to make
additional inquiries.
JOE Travis, road superintendent fo
Travis & Co. between Hamilton ant
Phoebe, arrived yesterday by Hamilton
stage. He says regular trips will b.
made hereafter. Sleighs are now run TO
40 miles of the route. Between Cav
Valley and Patterson the snow is from
three to fifteen feet deep. Wissel,
sheep owner, has about 5000 head a
Cave Valley, and has been six days bring
ing them five miles to get them out c
the snow to keep them from starving.
MORE SNow.-Yesterday was mil
day compared to what we have exper
enced lately-too cold TO rain, and jul
warm enough to snow. When there
to be an end to the continuous fall
snow remains to be seen. We can on
hope that it will end some time betwee
now and the LIST of May.
From THE PRospEcToRs.-We receive
yesterday long and interesting lett
from ]. Z. Smith, who, With. d. Boy
John Pattie and Z. S. Smith, left he
in September last on a prospecting TOT
The letter. which is deferred till tonne
row, is dated Moweabbe, Mojave count
A. T., February 5.
CoAsTINa.-Hoffman street, from L
cour down towards Phoebe street Is
fine coasting ground for the boys,
number Of whom were engaged in II
sport Yesterday. As Hoffman street
not generally frequented, we are glad
see it used for the pastime OF the you'
of our town.
HEALTHY. Notwithstanding the
verify of the season, Phoebe has be
remarkably healthy this Winter. Pm
monia, which caused many deaths l
Winter, has afflicted very few people
several months
The final report OF the Grand Jury
be presented in the District Court
Saturday. The report will furnish a
statement of the condition of the varl
county offices, public buildings, e
and will be interesting to all.
For San FRANcIsco.-Captain l.
Messic left by yesterdays stage for
francisco, via. Hamilton. Our fell
townsman o. P. Sherwood also lett
me Hamilton stage yesterday for
Francisco.
THE stage from Hamilton got in at