The Dispatch. [volume] (Provo City, Utah) 1891-1895, 1891-04-25
BEFORE JUDGE blackburn
]. W. Hoover, F., Gets Away
With His Suit.
The Judge Decides a Man
Must Stay With His At
tachment in Person.
Divorce Cases Dismissed,
one Grained, and Others
Set for Hearing.

Court resumed session at ten CLOCK
OF Thursday morning.
The case of the U. S. vs.. c. c. a.
Christensen, for unlawful cohabita-
ton, was called and jury impaneled.
Jno. 81. Zane prosecuted and w. II.
King defended. The Indictment
charges the.defendant with unlawfully
cohabiting with Eliza Christensen and
Mary Christensen as his wives at
Ephraim, Sanpete county, between
October. 1886, and September, 1899
This case was tried before the last
term of court and was appealed to the
supreme Court, who ordered new
trial
After the evidence for the prosecu-
tion was heard, the prosecuting at
torney asked his honor to instruct the
jury to return verdict of not guilty,
which was accordingly done
Court adjourned until 10 O'Clock
Friday morning.
Court resumed session at ten o'clock.
In the case of R. N. Rogers VS..
Daniel Cook ct al, the motion for
new trial was overruled.
In the case Of Arthur Holman VS..
Pleasant Grove city, an order, over
ruling a motion for new trial was
issued.
In the case of w. R. May VS.. Nephi
Irrigation Company, an order dismis-
sing the case was issued.
The following divorce cases were
dismissed: Caroline Sorenson VS..
Frederick Sorensen; Angus Butler VS..
Matilda Butler; Jeanette McGregor
VS.. Charles B. McGregor.
Court adjourned until ten o'clock
Saturday morning.
SATURDAY.
In the case of Josephine Cantlion VS..
Daniel Cantlion, divorce was
granted.
The case of Thomas Fowler VS..
Benjamin Baehman was called and a
jury lmpaneled. Geo. Sutherland and
Messrs. King & Houtz appeared for
plaintiff and n, NJ. Kellogg for de-
PENDANT.
This case relates to the Harris
failure, in which the plaintiff, being
sheriff of Utah county, closed the
store and attached th2 goods upon suit
of Spencer Clawson. He alleges that
after his attachment, Marshal Bach
man levied on some goods that were
in small store room at the back on
an execution in favor of J. w. Hoover
and that the door had been broken
open by defendant, in the night time,
and the goods removed. The defend
ant on the other hand claims he had a
right to levy on the goods on the exc
cuUion.
Sheriff Fowler WAS the first witness.
He testified that he had attached the
store of Joseph a. Harris and all goods
around the store, and also in the small
storeroom in the rear of the store, on
the morning OF March 23rd, am that
be had his attachment served five
hours previous to the serving of the
execution in favor of J. W. Hoover, by
defendant.
Several other witnesses were exam
med for the plaintiff.
The defense claimed that, Thomas
Fowler, after levying on the goods,
did not stay in the building, and there
fore when defendant found the store
room unoccupIed, he levied on it.
Evidence was introduced, and after
argument the case was submitted to
the jury, who returned verdict for
the defendant.
Niels Poison, native of Sweden,
applied for admission to citizenship.
but as he could not read OF write in
the English language His Honor re-
fused to grant him naturalization
papers.
Court was adjourned until Monday
morning at ten O'Clock.