Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1891-03-21
FIRST DISTRICT COURT.



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Judge Blackburn dealt with the
following cases yesterday at Provo;
In the ease Of ]. q. Williams, charg
ed with assault with deadly weapon
with intent to do bodily harm, the
jury returned verdict Of guilty. and
the defendant was sent 10 the penlten-
tiary for three months.
Thomas Jones, convicted u breaking
into Lindqulspa store at Thistle, was
sent up for xix months.
In tho case u the People Va. Brannon
tn. jury gavca vordicfof not guilty.
The case OF the People VI. Ia Kelly.
charged with stealing horse a, Lake
Shore, January 3rd of this year. was
tried, Narinu prosecuting and White.
cotton defending. The evidence was
plain ns ~ Kelly having taken the
horse, and the defense seemed 10 have
no other RECOURSE than to assume that
the home was taken merely for
defendant 10 got out u the
country, when he expected to
restore the animal 10 the owner. a
verdict Of guilty was found. tie was
sentenced 10 three years imprlson.
ment.
The case OF htcGmlh ct al., charged
with burglary. was next called on.
The oii.nse II ALLEGED e. have hvru
committed nj Spanish Fork, February
~, by breaking into the Spanish Fork
Mercantile COmany's store. There
arc three flcudofs--rhomas McGrath,
Michael MuGinty and Frank Jcrno.
Mr.. wilkins testified that he CAME TO
the store about quarter tO = O'Clock,
February IL, and founl that tho back
door had been broken open land various
articles Of merchandise missing, which
the witness named and identified.
There wa4 mn ovcrcOat, two pairs OF
shoes, pocket knives, mzors aud .undry
other article. taken from the stoic.
A clerk NJ the Institution cprfouornt.
Ell the evidence nf Mr.. wilkins ~ "
the missing articles.
Mr. Argyle. constable at Spanish
Fork, trs'ifcd 10 settling out In pursuit
" the Offenders, who were supposed
IN be- three tramp. who were released
from jail the might before. whom hc
afterwards saw In Tho police court at
Provo IN possession NJ the articles men.
toned by former witnesses.
Sheriff Fowler testified 20 having
received information that n thof
bal been committed at Spanish
Fork, aud he was given dc.
scrip,ion VI the good. missing. lie
stated he found the three defendants
near the depot IN Provo with the goods
In their possession. lie arrested them
aud brought thoin Into the police court.
One VI the burglars attempted 10 osrara
and the others tried 10 conceal thv
property. When found they were
bowling up Ia n box ear.
Mr.. Martin testified for the dcfens.
that he saw Mike Mctiiuty at his place
~ husinesa on tho 10Th of February,
lie was begging for something 10 Eat.
A little glrl Of the last vitnos. t,stlfled
TO what the father hat said.
Mrs. Farrar gave testimony 10 the
effect that Frank Jerne begged supper
at her house on the evening NJ F-hu-
AIRY ~. She was alio osrroborat,d 10y
her daughter
VIII Kltkwooi, employed NJ the
roundhouse ~ the Union Pacific Com.
i"he NV wv NhA'' W hN' ufltNiNntA
ut that place February III Mt l. O'Clock
y. m. They slept Ia ear near the
depot that night, and lie saw them he
following morning at O'Clock.
McGnth, one ~ the defsndnnts.
took the stand aud testified that he had
not been 10 Spanish Fork since bciug
In that town the day before the nj.
legged theft He claimed 20 have come
Into possession Of the goods through
some tramps having len them Ia u hox
car. At least, he claimed 10 hnyo
found them there tied up with fope.
He denied having had anything 10 do
with the burglary at Spanish Fork,
directly or Indirectly.
The cross examination showed him
TO be n "man 81 the road" who had been
convicted Of petty larceny and served
a term or forty days In the county jail,
The other two defendants, Ffank
Jcrnc and Michael McGlnty, on cross-
proved 10 have had n very
nncnviablc career having spent a con.
siderable part Of their Tina In IeiI, and
the greater part Ia rlnning the road.
Case proceeding,