The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1889-12-24

When the Third district court convened yes
terday the prisoners confined in the county jai
and who had been indicted by the grand jury
were brought into court for arrainnment.
The first one arraigned was
LUKE MCCARTNEY,
charged with illegal voting at school meeting
held in the Fifteenth district, it being apparent
that the defendant was not a citizen of the
United States nor of the territory. o. W
Powers, in behalf of the defendants bondsmen,
said it was a case where the party had sup
posed he was a legal voter when in reality he
was not, and under the circumstances advised
that plea OF not guilty be entered. Objection
was made by the prosecuting attorney, as At
torney Powers was not acting in behalf of the de-
PENDANT who desired to plead guilty. The court
then appointed o. W. Powers to represent the
defense, whereupon statutory time was taken
II plead.
GEORGE D. SHELL
was then called and the Indictment was read.
He was charged with obtaining money under
false pretenseS from George Barr in the sum OF
$3.50, By giving worthless note for s., 600 as Sc
curity. The defendant entered a plea of not
guilty.
JOHN HENNEssY
arraigned. He will be remembered as the indi-
vidual who figured conspicuously in the police
court several weeks ago. where he was tried for
stealing fifty yards of cloth from Levy s. Schul
mans tailor shop, for which he was held to
await the action of the grand jury. He was also
charged with being implicated in the robbery of
Mr.. Teasdel's residence, but the latter charge
was not SubStantated On being arraigned
Hennessy by his attorney, Judge Powers took
statutory time TO plead. The bonds were fixed
al 500.
ERIC WATSON
was then called. The indictment accused him
with an attempt at hOuSebreakng, committed on
November g. at the residence of Austin H Ben
Mon. Statutory time was taken to plead and
the bond was fixed at $500.
JOHN ALLEN,
charged with grand larceny, was arra1gned. The
indictment alleged that notes to the amount of
$500 had been purlOined from NJ r. Evans At
tOrney Booth was appointed to represent the de- |
PENDANT and statutory time was taken to plead. |
CHARLES LELAND
and John B. Handy alias Shorty and Happy |
held to await the action of the grand Jury by |
Justice Piper on the charge of breaking into |
and robbing the money drawer of the Utah Cen |
trail depot of Sl30.50, were arraigned. T. B. |
Stevens was appointed the attorney to repre- |
sent them and the usual time TO plead was
taken.
JOHN DONALDSON AND GEORGE NELSON
were then arraigned. They were accused in the
indictment of robbery, committed on October2S
They are the parties tried in the police court last
month for taking $50 from the person of Abram
Jef at the Valley house corner, and were held
to await the action of the grand jury E. b.
Critchlow was appointed attorney for the de-
PENDANTS and the usual time was taken 10
plead
OTHER BUSINESS
The case of George E. Blair ct al vs. James
IN which the plaintiffs claimed 500 as
on real estate sale claimed to have
been made by plaintiffs but the defendants re
fused to deliver the property and later sold it at
a higher price. The evidence was heard and
case submitted.
Samuel e. Vance VS.. J. H. Whalon: time to
file statement extended to December 30.
The trial of the divorce case of Marie J.
Forhan VS.. NJ J. Forhan was then proceeded
with. A motion was made by the attorney for
-he defendant that the trial be had before q
Jury but the motion was denied The doors
were ordered closed and the examination was
then taken up. The plaintiff was the first wit
ness called. Her testimony was to the effect
that the matrimonial diScOrd had set in two
weeks after marriage and while they were still
)ut on their wedding tour, and had continued =
up to the time suit was brought at intervals of
1ot longer than ten days. She testified that the
defendant had en- different occasions threatened
md attempted TO kill himself and to shoot her
md in addition to this at numerous times had
lsed vie epithets and otherwise abused the
'lalntln in most scandalouS manner The
witness related the circumstance in several
asses which were most shocking. Four other
witnesses testified, when court adjourned and
he case went over until this morning