The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1889-02-09
JUSTICE AND HER SCALES.
Dispatch Of Court Business BY
Judge Barke.
Several csnsfcsfcns rranoanesax
Sentences. Deferred Msre
TndiesraeHss.

sentences Deferred - Mere
TndisszseHss.
Judge Burke - shuwfnr shxs sxr-,e a.
rssrxAae capacity fss the dispatch of hrss-
hess o. the bench al sae dsss-4st coerr that
has ARRAYS characterized ais Private psac-
sjes and hzxzRess zsralrx Frnrs the ting
that eoart eaEyenex st nins oseisek ia she
fzn-uinx 10 o'csazk EEi the evening. Shen
! Il assoHrns. nos moment az tine is vast.
ed Cases ara set for hearing rs fast a.
the graat sary returns the indictments
and the Eris0Bsss are arraExned. aat the
trials faflos e1ss< upos each other. 80 fxv
only criminal ezees have heen tried. no-
tAiug 5Aaiag 6esn dnse with civil cases
farsher thaa the fling Of mofiozs, dsnrr-
ers. AID applications fzir changes OF renne,
tgo OF shtsss hare been granted Nearly
. al the prisoners axrssgned 20 sar have
been Of that wrefeksd class. that
clxiEa no home ard have no
friends OF Kindred % help them Ia their
troubles As they are al pennies, the
enzrt hae appointed rising yoane bsrristsrs
70 Defend them. bar, as . rule. the evidence
AGAINST the. ascused has been 30 over
wheiming that the defense has been weak
and disptrited. IL 'shrrvsfy ia the soui Of
vii" ulsxs5es Attorney Ronald IL one Of
the wftflest sasn in the world. for his argu-
menn before tie jury are rarely ever Eve
rninates ionx, and VERY often no argument
= % s1e ~ eli. the Case being submitted 70
the jury upon the evidence alone.
Teers have been tea convictions out Of
the twelve criminal cases tried 10 far fhis
term None OF the prisoners hare bean
senfsneed As yet. and Is il more than
likely that fcdze Burke will name some
day IN the fore part OF next week a. sen
fence dAF" for she whole batrh of efena-
ffs convicted mp 10 that time. although he
may pass judgment upon these alresdy
convicted this afternoon
prominent attorney made the remark
yesterday thai II Was quite probable that
NO e1sfl eases na985e D. heard 81 the pres
enr regular terra, as the great number Of
criminal eases on the docket would take
81 the time between Elow ana the second
hDasiayia March. when court eonxenes Sc
Nhstco8.
cosgB-TED OF LARCENY
The ahiqitens Mr. Saith was tried res
terasy on an indictment for grand larceny.
Mr.. smith. whose flrst name Is Harry, was
az enploye at the Railroad lodging. house
On the corner OF Main and Water streets mp
10 the 9Th OF last November. On thai day
he threw up his situation without notify
Ing his mpAoyer ard took passage On tie
olympian Tor Tacoma Before leaving lie
house be broke open salise and stole a
suit OF clothes. eIyercGas, shirts. underwear
and yatehchais. belonging 10 George Kap-
per. one OF the dodgers, aud pawued them
e various places around fosn. TIE lar
ceus OF the srt3ea e. vas clearly established
but. a. their value wss not proven 10 be $50
the jury found him guilty Of petty larceny.
30 he VIII escape term at Waila walla-
ONLY PETTY LARCENY.
I0ngshoremsn James Calvin sgas con.
vtcted OF petty larceny by the jury that
tried him on en- indictment for grand lar
ceny. TWAS proven that on the night Of
January .. gold watch was stolen from
Peter Lee while he was ia q drunken
stupor in the Idaho saloon. usa Washington
street. and that the properly was found q
few minutes later In he posse ssion OF Gal
viz, who was In the saloon. Gavin at
feElpted 70 throw the theft upon fellow
named Wilson. but the jury convicted him
Of petty larceny, the value of the watch
and chain not being sufficient in their esti-
nation 10 sustain tbs charge Of grazd
lar;eny.
HIaHwAYMaE WEIGHS CASE.
1t 4 not likely that HtgEwasnan John
welch viii have another opportunity Of
displaying his histrsonie talents in court
again, except when he IL brought in for
sentence on the charge Of assault with Ia
tent to murder. as the district attorney
has about decided not TO prosecHte him
on the indictments for highway robbery IL
the court imposes a heavy sentence for
the crime Of which he il aiseadv Goa
ylete5. A prisoner wao was released from
the county jail yesterday informed a re-
porter thai WEIGH had dropped the role OF
3 crazy man since hts conviction. and that
he had said oaenis that hs had played
his part IN great shape
ADosTgD ~ TIE UNITED Stairs,
The following we're made citizens ef the
United ssates n open court: Peter quart
wan, Jan Laxoa, Lars Johnson, John
Anderson, Of Sweden. Peter Cornelius
Nofum. Gus Johnson. OF Aorwav; H. ~
Peters, Of Germany; Henry Kimball, of
New Brunswick; David Davis, OF Wales.
Declarations of intention were fled With
the clerk By Andrew E!hwordssor, Berta
Kromf(lm. Olaf Udnsss, Charles II. Fell
berg. IA wig Andreas 0isn. of Norway aud
Sweden 1sie0rge WinsEoa. OF Great Britain
and Ireland.
UsfTED STATES cAsEs
The Ua;ted States grand jury returned
''trne bills" against the following for dis
posing OF liquor 20 Indians; Thomas
Grusy, Chris ChristEanson, Emil Brown,
wiIiism Brown, AID Bert Enix All has
Christensen pleaded guilty. ..Not true
bills" were returned in the cases of Thomas
Dunn and William Da8n. who were there
upon discharged "Not true Bills were
also returned Ia tue eases of FIVE China
men. indicted or being ualawiully in the
United states.
rHE yoUSe INcENpiARigs.
The grand jury has returned a true blu
on the indictment for arson against Alex
consigu aaa Clsreuce sheldon, the two
lads who set Gre fo The Geod Luek lodging
house about q monfh ago. A man was
burned 70 death in the hss and. as the evil
dence Is said 10 be very conclusive, the
two boys VII likely have short trial aud
a very heavy sentence They were ar
raigned yesterday morning and entered
pleas OF not guilty.
DID NOT kEAN NuRpER-
Indian John. who attempted 10 Kill OF.
fces Terry while the latter was trying 10
quali riot IN the Siwash camp on the
saw-dnss fiat last fall, was tried on the in
diclmxnt charging him with assault with
latent 20 murder. The evidences did net
Clearly prove 4 murderous intent upon the
part of the accused and The jury found
him guilty of simple assault.
INDICTMENTS RETURNED.
Tne grand Jury on the part Of the terri-
tsry feterbed the following indictments:
Homer Gray. burglary. not trae ball; Alb
Lin, assault viii ,ntcn; 10 murder. not
;rge bail; Nicholas July, asssuit and bat,
terry, . true bill; william Davidson. en-
bezzisment, nes trne bin