The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1888-10-04
KELLER is GUILTY.
Voluntary Manslaughter is
the Name Of His Crime.
BURGLAR BURKE CONVICTED.
Along Grist of Cases in the Second
District Court-The Provo and
Ogden Courts.

The arguments in the case against ].
Keller, charged with murder, was con-
oluded yesterday morning, and the
Jury, after several hours elaboration,
returned q verdict of voluntary man
slaughter. Keller will be sentenced on
Saturday.
BURKE CONVICTED.
The case against John Burke, alias
John Taylor, charged with grand lar
ceny, was taken up at 2 p. m. and q
jury called and sworn. The indict-
ment charges that on the 18th of Au-
gust last the defendant stole from the
store of G. NJ. Scott g. Co., in this city,
a quantity of razors. knives, etc.,
valued at $164.
G. o. KING was the first wit.
ness. He testified that he was
in the employ of Scott &
Co., and on the morning of August
18th, upon opening the store, he found
that it had been entered through back
window, and several dozen knives and
razors stolen. The witness here identi-
fed several boxes of the cutlery as being
of the same make as the stolen goods,
and also identified a chisel which the
burglars had used in effecting an en-
trance, and left on the premises.
RICHARD A. KEYS was the next wit
ness. He testified that on August 18th
the store of Scott & Co. was broken
into, and cutlery to the value of about
$500 stolen, and identified the goods
found in the defendants possession
when arrested at Denver, as among
those stolen. He heard the statement
made by the defendant at his prelimin-
airy examination, in which he claimed
that he found the goods in a vacant lot
in the western part of the city.
JOHN AEGREN was called and testified
that he kept a boarding house on
South Temple Street. The defendant
stopped there for about fourteen days
in August last; and left on August
9th. A chisel, brace and bit were seen
IN his room some time before he left.
The witness identified the chisel found
at Scott 81 Co.'s as the one he had seen
in the defendants room.
Mrs. HANNAH ANGREN, wife Of the
last witness, corroberated the testi-
mony given by her husband.
E. A. FRANKS was the next witness.
He testified that he went to Denver
after the defendant, who had been
arrested there with the goods in his
possession by Detective Sam Howe,
and brought MIN back to this city.
The cutlery was :ofered in ev dence
and the prosecution rested.
The defence offered no testimony, and
after brief arguments by Mr.. Clarke for
the prosecution, and S. II. Lewis for
the defence. the case went to the jury
on the judges charge. After being out
about fifteen minutes they brought in
a verdict of guilty as charged. Burke
will be sentenced on Saturday next at
10 a, m.
OTHER BUSINESS.
The People Us. William Henderson,
assault; on motion of defendants
council, stricken from the calendar sub.
ject to call.
The People VS.. John Thornton, forg-
ery: plea of not guilty withdrawn and
plea of guilty entered. Saturday, &C.
tober 9th set tor sentence.
United States VS.. Swan Leedholm
and Marie Peterson, adultery; J, M.
Zane and G. II. Mason appointed to
defend. This case will be tried this
morning.
The People VS.. James Hamilton,
burglary; Walter Murphy and G. H.
Mason appointed to defend.
Arnold Wall, q petit. juror, was ex-
cused for the term.
Adjourned until 10 O'Clock this morr5
ing