The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1890-10-03
IN THE PROVO COURT
John C. Graham and E. A. Wilson
Charged with Libel.
FoRGER HICKMAN CONVICTED
Charles Vincent Convicted of Adultery Upon
the Testimony of His Accomplish
General Prevo News.

PROVO, OCC. Z, ioJu.-t COTresPoiiucuCo VI
THE HERALD. Court opened at 2 p. N.
yesterday, when II. c.. Crosby pleaded not
guilty to the charge OF robbery.
CHARGED WITH LIBEL.
E.A. Wilson and John C. Graham were
arraigned on the charge of having libeled
Z. W. Pike Tae Turner took the statutory
time to plead, but Graham said, mot
guilty, most emphaticaiiy.
HICKMAN GUILTY OF FORGERY.
The Hickman forgery case was taken up
and tried.
T. E. Daniels-Have lived in Provo eight
years. Know John Hickman, the defend
ant. He worked for ME. His father lives
in Pennsylvania Saw tue defendant at the
First National bank some time IN the fore
part of last February. Saw him take
blank check from the hook and asked hin
what he wanted with it. He said, ION,
nothing in particular" 1t was an old check
on the Deseret National bank (ldeatified
check on which Hickman is alleged to
have written as being the same KIND oil
check
John W. Farrer.-Live in Provo. Have
seen the defendant number OF times. lie
was working with S. S. Jones in March.
On the 10Th of that month Hickman came
into the store and asked for his father
account. He gave me check OF slf0.
identified the check. 1 took out the
amount due from his father and gave him
check for the balance of Sl3S..5. pre-
scented The check Hickman gave me for de-
posit at the First National bank, and it was
afterwards returned dishonored.
w. II. D1senberry, cashier OF the First
National bank, testined-There are blank
checks of all the banks of Salt Lake city
and other places hanging on Tile in our
bank. The defendant presented this (Show
ing the check Hickman is said to have
drawn up to the bank, but for want OF
Identification it was refused payment The
check was afterwards deposited by s. S.
Jones. The check was RENTED to the
| Deseret National bank. The following
morning Jones and Daniels came into the
bank and asked about the check
and we telephoncd to the Deseret National
bank. The bank then gave US informalo
that G. w. Hickman, the drawer, had nc
account there and the check was returned
dishonored. This occurred about the 10th
of March. We tore another Deseret Ma
tional check from the hook that this one IS
supposed to have come from and the teal
in the papers compared with one another.
L. O. Johnson-Did not see the defendan
try TO cash the check.
David Hone-Know George w. Hickman
at Benjamin. He is not the father Of Johl
Hickman. The defendant spoke TO me som,
time in March and said he had a check TO
Sl10 and wanted me to cash ii. 1t was a
my place of business at Benjamin.
c. A. Glazier, paying teller of the FRS
National bank | saw the defendant at TIL
bank in the morning He asked sbou
loaning money. The following morn
ing he came in with this checl
and asked to have it cashed. H
could not be identified and Went out. S.
Jones had it deposited shortly afterwards
Hickman came in with another check frou
5. S. Jones and l cashec it. The check wa
sent to the Deseret National bank and re
turned unhonored.
To Johnson-Do not think can be mis-
taken as TO the Identification of Hickman
Tarrer testified TO having seen Hickman
endorse his name on the check.
The prosecution rested and the defens
had no witnesses.
MIR. johnson stated in his argument tina
no evidence had been given to snow tina
Hickman had forged Rsemau's name TO th
check and no case of forgery could b
made.
Evans replied to this by stating that i
was not even necessary to Write the nam
Of the drawer upon the check; if his own Ell
dorsement can be proven upon check h
is known to have been coupled with draw
ing up fraudulenuy.
The jury returned a verdict of guilt
alter fifteen minutes absence.
|, The father of defendant appealed Tor ler
iency through the prosecuting attorney o.
account of being poor. He was sentence
10 be confined in the penitentiary for
term of one year.