Sacramento daily record-union. [volume] (Sacramento [Calif.]) 1875-1891, 1883-03-02
The Cummings Murder Case = Thorne
Found Guilty.


The Cummings Murder Case = Thorne
Found Guilty.
NEVADA, March 1st.-At 4 o'clock this
morning the jury in the case of Charles
| Thorne, alias Dorsey, after being out about
eight hours, returned verdict of murder in
| the first degree, with the penalty fixed at i'm
! prisonment for life. On the first ballot the
| jury stood ten for murder in the first degree
and two for acquittal. The verdict does not
give universal satisfaction. Even Dorsey is
| dissatisfied, and remarked to the Under
| Sheriff. as he was being returned to Jail.
"That's hi of jury. If they thought
| killed that man they ought to have hung me,
and if they did not think did it they should
have turned me loose"
| The case of Collins. alias Patterson, was
| called this morning, when his counsel moved
| for q change of venue, claiming that owing to
| public prejudice it would be impossible to
obtain an impartial trial in this county. The
prosecution asked until o'clock to file counter
| affidavits against the motion, to which time a
| recess was taken.
SECOND DIsPATCH.l
NEVADA, March 1st.-The motion for a
| change of venue in the case of Collins was
argued this afternoon, but was by the Court
| denied. Counsel for defendant have moved
| for continuance of the case till the next
for argument tomorrow.
The Water Question in Nevada City.
NEVADA CRY, March 1st.-At the City
Trustees meeting last evening" the water rates
for domestic purposes were reduced from fifty
| to thirty cents per week. Irrigation rates
were fixed at from 81 to $40 per season, &C.
cordiDg to the area of land to be irrigated.
| What action the water company will take is
not definitely known, as the owaer of the
works, who resides in Canada, has not been
| heard from.
| An Assembgyman Burned In FfIigy.
TULARE, March 1ss.-A large and enthusi.
astic mass meeting Of the citizens was held
this evening, to express their indignation at
the course pursued by Assemblyman A. J.
Atwell. in reference to the subject of irriga.
ton. His course was condemned as false TO
| his friends and ruinous to the interests of his
constituents. A set of virulent resolutions
were read and adopted, after which he was
burned in effigy By the population.
| Sheriff Oufwitted.
SMARTsvILLE, March 1ss.-Sheriff McCoy,
| of Yuba county, arrived at A. NJ. today,
presumably to sarve an injunction. By
means of signals the miners were apptised of
| his approach, and when he entered the Golden
| Gate mine not man could be found. Il is
ently reported that il the men are obliged
to quit their wives will work the mines, as
they are not disposed to leave their homes
Admitted TO BalI-New Trial Denied.
SAN JOSE, March 1st.-W. W. Markham,
the ex-police officer convicted of bribery and
sentenced to two years in the State Prison,
gave bail to-day in the sum of So, 900, pend
! ing action on an appeal to the Supreme
| Court.
Judge Spencer to- day declined to grant a
new trial in the case If Sanborn We. The Ma
dera Flume and Trading Company. The
suit was brought to recover damages for in
| juries alleged to have been sustained at de.
PENDANTS mill in Fresno county. The jury
gave verdict for plaintiff of $1,000.
BIackIeg In siskiyOu.
YREKA, March 1st.-Blackleg has reached
! Van Brennan Bros. cattle near the lava
/ beds at the California boundary. The stock
have been turned out of the feeding corral to
| die in the foothills, TO keep the corral from
| being filled with csressses.
Who He Was.
FRESNO March 1st.-The man ran over at
this place last night was Mark Luity. shoe
maker who has been running small shop in
town for short time.
Candidacy Declined.
| OAKLAND, March 1st-E. III. Pardee de-
olines to be a candidate for Mayor before the
| Republican Convention.