Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1890-09-19

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Conan pleaded no. guilty to 4
charge Of robbery.
Richard Peters, charged with en-
hezzlement, entered a similar plea.
No date was fixed for the trial Of
these casrs,
ROBBERY FROM a srorE.
The else of james McCasy,
INFLICTED for grand larceny, was then
called on. Mr.. Armstrong appeared
for the defendant. The oaense con-
sisted Of the stealing OF eight pairs
Of parts from tie store o. the Peo-
pies Equitable Cooperative Asso-
citation, Main Stress, on the sth Of
May last.
The evidence showed that de-
PENDANT was n known visitor at the
store, and was seen there n few days
before the pants were missed, as
also were two men named Flynn
and Watson. On or about May sth
the defendant went to the second
hand store OF Mr. Butler, South
West Temple Street, and said that
''two boys" had some pants which
they wished 10 dispose of. Watson
and Flynn, later on. called st But
ler's with six or seven pains Of pants,
for which they received payment,
and subsequently, brought other
pairs, making in all about four
teen. 1t transpircd, however.
that defendant did not receive from
Mr.. Butler any portion Of the money
as the proreejs Of the Transaction.
For the defense VIM. Flynn was
finst called. lie and Watson stand 4
inflicted for completely in the rUb-
bery. Flynn said that defendant 4
met him and his companion acci. /
dentaliy in a saloon. They askesl 1
McCarty, who took no plrt in the
stealing Of the PANS, where they /
could dispose Of them, and he 1
recommended them to 20 10 Buffers.
Witness and Watson stole the pants
from the Equi. abe CS-)yera V.
store. McCalt y hal no part Of the
mOuey received for them. In
answer 10 Mr.. Crilchlow, Flynn at
first stated that until they met in
The saloon they were strangers, but.
upon being pressed, admitted that
they had met b fore.
The defendant Watson slid il
wSs at his quot that McCarty
went - the second hand store. Ne
Carly bad nothing 10 do with the
theft, and received no portion Of
the money. When he and Flynn
stole the goods wines had been in
the town Ohly about two hours.
They kuew nothing Of The Equitable
CO-OI .r.ilive {. ire 4 sfore this theit
wss committed, but thought they
would 20 in and ''iry il on there.
McCa.fy. the defendant went on
the si-nd aud prOi led his limo
ceoce In the aI,ic. All he did was
70 direct Flynn and Watson tn a
second hand store. anI h 20 and
make the inquirieI there for them.
He deniol having been in the |
Equitable Coop. store, % alleged, a |
few days before The robbery, a. Mt
that time he was ''doing a sentence:
here for drunkenness. He YVES re-
leased only 4 few hours before his I
arrest on the present charge.
Mr.. CritchlOw asked the Jury 10
believe that the story { bid by Flynn
aud Walton Wa wholly Matched up,
in on'ier to get their companion out
Of trouble.
The jury found the defendant
gully. Sentence was deferred.
SEQUEL TO A BURGLARY.
Albert Kern, a respes iably sttired
young man, was next placed on
trial Tor sssaultiDg and resisting
Police constable Raleigh on April
30ih. Mr.. Armstrong defended.
The case for the prosecution was
- the effect that at about one
O'Clock on The morning Of the
dats above named the house
Of DIR. Niles, on South Temple
Street, was burglarized and
the inmates were awakened by the
noise. DIR. Nils telephoned i'm
10 The police Office, and
were deputsd TO investi-
gate. While on duty near the
corner shortly afterwards,
Ode er Carson observed two men,
one Of whom was the defendant,
Omiug from the direction Of DIR.
Nilee' residence, and acting in a
manner. He called upon
Officer Raleigh 10 assist him in the
arrest of the men. and upon the LAT
Ter proceeding 10 tackle Kern, the
drew a revolver upon
assaulted and attempted to
shoot him. After considerable
the defendant was safely
secured.
IL was stated during the trial
that after the Defendants arrest,
his apartments were searched and
certain articles there found form
Ing part Of n burglars outfit.
When the case was called on at
two O'Clock, after the noon recess,
The defendant was missing. and IL
was intimated that he had taken
''leg bail-- Judge Zane or
iered that the trial proceed 5
in his absence. Mr.. Armstrong, in
! brief address to the jury, COM
planned that the officers, when they {
first arrested the defendant, did not
notify him that they were acting ia
an official capacity. Evidence had :
Deen introduced into the case which
was immaterial TO the issue and.
under all the circumstances, he did !
not blame the defendant for acting
n he had.
The case was still in progress
when we went to press.
The following business was done :
yesterday: Joseph Shuckel and I
Thomas Lee, charged with having
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