The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1888-09-29
FIXING THE FOOTPAD.
A Verdict of Guilty in the
Hubbard Case.
MOkE CRIMINAL CASES SET
The Provo Jury Render Verdict
of Not Guilty in the SmOot
Case.

Before Judge Sanford, yesterday
morning. appeared the form of W. A
Hubbard, the young fellow who had
been indicted on the charge of robbery,
in having held up Ebenezer 7. Taylor
on the night of August 25th, and re-
LEVIED him of his watch. The c;rcum-
stances of the case are still fresh in the
minds of our readers. The trial occu-
pied nearly the entire day, the proseou-
ton being conducted by Clarke and
Pratt and the defendants interests
looked after by Critchlow and Easily.
The verdict was guilty, the jury being
out only few minutes. At the request
of the attorneys for the defense,
sentence was deferred until Tuesday
next at 10 a. NJ, the Judge advising the
counsel that if the defendant had any
friends who could testify as to his good
character previous to his arrest on this
charge it would be good idea to bring
them forward.
CASES DISMISSED.
The case against Ching Chong,
charged with perjury in the murder
case against Little Charley, and that
against John Devine, charged with
grand larceny, have been dismissed on
motion of prosecution.
JAMES C. HAMILTON,
OF Mill Creek, appeared before the
Court yesterday morning and entered
plea of guilty. He will appear on o.
tober 18th for sentence,
CRIMINAL CASES SET.
The following cases were set for trial
on the dates indicated:
MONDAY, October People VS.. John
D. Keller, murder; People VS.. John
Burke, burglary; People vs.. John
Thornton, forgery.
TUESDAY Octo Der 1.-The People VS..
James Hamilton, burglary and petit
larceny; People VS.. William Henderson,
assault, etc.
WEDNESDAY. October s. United
States VS.. A. D. ,Childs, adultery;
United States VS.. Marie Peterson, adul-
terry; United States VS.. Swan Lund-
hoime, adultery.
THURSDAY, OCTOBER 1.-The People
VS.. Aaron Keyser; maintaining nui-
ance; People vs.. Angus NJ. Cannon, Jr,
perjury.
FRIDAY. OCTOBER 5.-The People vs..
Thomas Steadman, embezzlement.
AN APPLICANT KNOCKED OUT.
Frank Carpenter presented himself as
an applicant for citizenship. He failed,
to satisfactorily answer the
usual interrogatories put to those who
are anxious to place themselves under
the wings of the American eagle. He
did not know who the chief magistrate
of the nation was. but he did know
that Grover Cleveland was president
of the United States. The Judge in
formed the applicant that he might
until he was better prepared
to answer such queries. The applicant
to demonstrate, but he was
silenced by the remark: "The law re-
quires me to examine you on certain
points, and it is my duty to do so;
have no discretion il the matter.
Other judges may require more than
the law allows-l do not; bat no man
can truthfully swear that he is attached
to the Constitution of the United States
until he has read the document and
it. You may retire."
GROVER SPENCER AND STEPHEN KNIFE
were arraigned on the charge of having
stolen from George Barr and A. B. Cut.
Ter the sum of $1,400. Both entered
pleas of not guilty.
To-DAY's BUSINESS
will be confined to sentences, and ar
the jurors having been ex-
cused until Monday, at 10 am. Among
the important cases of the day will be
the decision on the motion for arrest of
Judgment in the Bridget Sweeney
rough on rats case.