The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1882-12-15
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The Pinney Libel.

New York. Il The Heroza bo.t,o
LON details; A further investlgs-
slon u Inc c1arge of criminal libel pre-.
1SIIe1 " george M. Pinney against
w m' hamilton and Vernon Seaman.
was nau before Justice Murray in the
taya % special sessions yesterday. The
:~o oeieuuahts are interested in the min
,ns Sssaness' snd complainant, who is
~ sn oD4eer 10 mining company, claims
NM 0 HuIiug the months of September
ana Oct9Der they caused to be Circulated
Pri H1 circular containing mslicious
SIu lAlse statements calculated to iniure
nls repu1ation. The circular in question
was headed "Pinney's Portrait and
purportea TO contain extracts from a
speech delivered in San Francisco nv
EoWara marshall, and published in the
~ Fo8t OF that city on September
otn' 1oiG The alleged libel is couchad
IN most vehement language. and cssti.
gates the complainant, who is chsrqed
Win crimes overt and covert. The de-
iense is that the whole story is true. and
that IL was proper to warn the nuhIic
against such a man. Pinney testified
yesterday De is tall, seuare.shouldered
man with gray hair and u oustache. and
cignlhed and military bearing, AS
witness ne was marvel of keen ness in
the nonehalsnce with which he under.
went cross-examinatiou; full of suddan
ana startling surprises, which staggered
even such en- old practitioner az Howe.
VINO represented the defendants. Pin.
ney was asked # he had not killed man
nam 80 hea, few years ago. and he adj
mltted the circumstance, in the tone of a
man VINO nad taken passing interest in
al aHsIr OF That kind. At this time, the
coroner's jury considered the kiIlino ms
t'hsbie, he said, He mentioned. among
otner matters, that he recollected the
iact that ne was indited twice for forgery
IN California, and was indictea four times
for criminal off -nses in the United States
circuit court. In response to a question,
ne SAID he thought he had been indicted
Tor criminal ofenses about eight times.
Asked Howe: Couldn't YOU make the
figures higher; just think now? I donot
recollect that I was indictsd
more than eight times replied
tne witness IN q tone Of indiffer-
ence; II may have been more-one or
TWO OF the affairs may have escaped my
memory think eight times is about
right, though.
We're you ever convictedP Never.
Plnney gave sketch Of his life from
Doyhood, and said he had been an Office
holder fourteen years. He was United
States marshal for Dakota, and held the
same Office in Montana.
Have you ever been an ordained min.
lister? No, sir.
Did you not preach sermons once7
Oh, well, gsid the witness, I believe
did deliver lectures, or sermons, or what
lever you call them.
tlnney claims that he made charges
against the superintendent of the United
States mint in San Francisco, and that
commission was appointed to Investigate
the chaiges by the secretary of the tress
airy. 1t was in connection with this in
vestigation that the speech Of Marshal
was delivered. He was in San Franciscl
when q FIVE column report of the speed
twas published in the Post, but witnes
said ne never saw or heard that such
speech had been delivered, although b
read the newspapers elosely. The cas-
was adjourned for several days.