The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1888-12-15

called Hall 8 of b.; Hall, who
had knife in his hand whiting,
dropped the stick, and stood back,
saying in an authoritive manner to
stop; Mr.. Stephens stood moment
looking at him, and then turned
and walked off; was in close
proximity to both parties. Cross
eXamined-Teld this story to several
parties about the time of the trouble
and have mentioned it but few times:
thought it was in January of this year;
could not remember the day Of the
week; my little boy was with me;
gave my little boy some advice against
getting into sach difficulties. The
cross-examination was very close and
rigid, but failed to bring out anything
! further.
DR.. PERKINS,
sworn physician, accompanied DR..
Powers on an examination of the
body; had a diagram and pre-
scented it, was enabled to illustrate by
| that and did show on Mr.. Hiles' body
approximately the position of the
wounds; could not determine from the
nature and position of the wounds
what position the parties were in with
respect to each other. Attorneys then
proceeded to illustrate by placing
themselves il the alleged po-
sitions that the parties were
when the stabbing occurred; the
doctor could see no reason why
such wounds could not have been de-
livered with the parties in the alleged
positions. In the cross-eXamination the
prosecuting attorneys required the doc
tor to state if the wounds could not be
| L0k
right position. Re-direct-Which of
the wounds. in your opinion, was fatal?
| Either of them was sufficient to cause
death, though, perhaps, the one on the
right might be considered the more
dangerous.
| JOHN GRoo
sworn. Live in Ogden; know Mark
Hall; have been well acquainted with
him; his reputation for being peaceable
was good previous to April, '88; never
heard anything to the contrary.
J. NJ. CLARK
recalled: Own a farm in the neighbor-
hood of Mark Halls farm, on The same
section of land; had stsckyard on his
place, and it was fenced year ago;
have occupied the farm for ten or
twelve years. Mr.. Hall was occupying
his land when l went there; have
known Mark Hall for thirty years;
never heard of his being a fighting
man; have heard of perhaps one or
two cases of disagreement prior to
April, 1888.
WILSON HUNT
recalled: Live in Ogden; have lived
there thirty-eight years; have known
Marx Hall since 1850; have been a
neighbor with him all these years;
know what his reputation was; it was
that Of a good, quiet, civil sort of
man. Cross-examined - Have never
heard of row or quarrel of any kind
until this case came up against him.
CLIFTON F. BROWNING,
recalled: Lived in Ogden twenty-five
years; live right across the street from
Mark Hall; have known him twenty
five years; know his reputation it was
that of a peaceable, quiet man, not a
quarrelsome man at all.
Cross.examined-Hav heard of some
difficulty during that time, but not fire.
quent; never heard of him using any
profane or obscene language.
WILLIAM MIDDLETON,
recalled: Lived on Main street, Ogden,
since 1851; have known Mark Hall ever
since he lived in Ogden; know the
people In the community in which Mr.. |
Hall resides; know his regulations; he |
has been peaceabIe. quiet citizen.
Cross-examined-HaYe heard of some |
quarrels prior to this last one. but not |
many, not a dozen; he does not bear |
the reputation of man easily aroused |
to anger; never used profane language |
in my hearing; never heard of his |
using Objectionable language before this
case came up.
F. A. BROWN,
sworn: Live in Ogden city;
have lived here thirty-two years; saw
Mr.. Hall on the day of the alleged muir
der, and saw marks on his forehead that
looked as though he had had blow, and
felt of his head and there were two or
three Jumps on the back of his head;
have been acquainted with him twenty
eight or thirty years; know his reputa-
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quiet man. and 1 never heard of him
having quarrel with any one prior to
th at time. Gross examined: The mark
on his forehead was a black and blue
spot, no blood on the surface: two or
three Jumps on the back of his head
were not natural; must have been pro-
duced CRITICALLY.
WARREN ?. CHILD
sworn: Am a merchant; have been in
business In this city fifteen years; have
lived in Ogden since 1856; have known
Mr.. Hall ever since that time; live a
block and half from defendant; know
his neighbors know his reputation, and
what it was before April of this year; it
was that of good peaceable man.
Cross examined-Never heard of any
quarrels prior to that time.
JAMES BIRCH:
Have lived in Ogden thirty years:
know where Mr.. Halls land is south Of
town; knew the place last winter, and