The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1891-06-28
BEFORE JUDGE ZANE.
More Severed Bonds-Joy Granted an Apeal
Other Business.

More Severed Bonds-Joy Granted an Apeal
Other Business
The hearing IN the application of NJ. j..
Joy for q writ of mandamus to compel
Judge Laney to allow Joy 10 take an appeal
from the judgment of the police magistrate
came up before Judge Zane yesterday
morning, Glenn & Newton appearing for
Joy and j. H. Hurd for Judge Lsney. Joy
is the proprietor Of q saloon at the corner Of
Second West and Second South streets,
and it is alleged that while row was in
progress there few nights ago, he drew
q pistol on a man. The matter was re
ported TO the police and the saloonkeeper
was arrested on the charge OF exhibiting q
deadly weapon. When taken before Judge
Laney, Joy pleaded guilty, evidently
thinking that he would get OF with light
sentence, out the court imposed q fine OF
Slc0 and sentenced the defendant TO thirty
days Imprisonment. Joy then gave notice
Of an appeal and offered to tle bond, but
the court refused to allow il TO be died on
the ground that as the defendant had
pleaded guilty, the judgment could not be
appealed from. The application fox q writ
of mandamus was then made. Judge
Zane held that under the provisions of
the Poland bill the appeal must be allowed,
and granted the mandate.
In the case of Parish and Tanning, the
proprieiors of the Pacific Tea store who
are charged with arson, the amount of
bonds was reduced from 81, 500 to 8, 900
each.
A similar order was made in the case of
c. p. Maupiu, the coon VITO is under in
dictment for stealing $lI5 belonging to
Dominick Norris while he was in the lat
ter's employ.
In the case Of George Reynolds ct al,
charged with HOUSEKEEPING, j. II. Hurd
was appointed to defend.
In the suit of II. G. Burk vs.. F. NJ.
Wright, the motion to dissolve the attach
ment was granted.
The case of Elizabeth Pugmire We. Sarah
Riley ct al. was submitted and taken under
advisement
In the case of Helen A. Sprague vs.. J. J.
Halpin, default was entered aud judgment
rendered for the plaintiff against attached
property.
Built, judgment was rendered for the
In the case o. Elias A. Smith vs.. j. s.
Bend, Judgment was rendered for the
plaintiff by default.
The divorce case o; Torrance Sweeney
vs.. Bridget Sweeney was then taken up.
II was shown that the defendant married 81
this city in 1878, and went to reside in Park
City soon afterwards. In 1855 Mrs.
Sweeney made an unsuccessful attempt to
kill her husband by putting rough on rats
In his food. She was convicted Of the
crime and sentenced to two years and q
half in the penitentiary. A decree Of di
yorce was asked for on this conviction, and
the court granted it and awarded him the
custody of the two children.
In the dsmage suit OF William Leonard
Va. George c. Whitmore. the defendant was
allowed twenty days from July to plead
In the case Of Joseph White W. the Union
| Pacific, . motion for . new trial was ar
gued and submitted.
The case of Eve.ine Lucas ct al. Va. F..
| ]. Lucas, inv diving question Of heirship
was argued and submitted.
In the case o. NJ. S. Ascheim W. David
Gibson, the demurrer was overruled and ar
attachment dissolved.
In the divorce cxse Of ERbert W. Egbert
the defendant failed to appear, and . de
cree Of divorce was granted on the grouni
Of abandonment