Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1892-02-16
THE BOWMAN CASE.
County Attorney Murphy Files an
Opinion Oh The Question
As 10 THOSE SIGNATURES.
Bowman May hc Held 10 the Contract
bl the C.ty and County,
Bondsman withdraw.


County Attorney Walter A. Muir
ply has delivered the following opin-
ion In the county court In the bowman
bond case: II rcnder no verdict upon
the evidence you have taken, aud
express no opinion upon IT, IL Is for
yourselves aud the city concerned at
this time to be- the judges Of whether
the signatures Of nuy Of the sutelits
are genuine or forged, aud II forged
whether Bowman procured them to be
forged or had knowledge o the fact
that any Of them wore not genuine nj
the time when he ten1o cd the bond
10 the city anu county. II Ia conceded
that III. city aud county never had any
notice nom any surety OF on behalf Of
any surety that he intended To limit
his liability to any amount less than
the full amount Of the bond, nor u the
fact that any surety had stipulated that
he would become a surety only on
condition that certain other parties
would become co.surctics.
IL lis also conceded that no notice
was ever given to the city or county Of
the denial by any party OF the
genuinenoss u any signature until
several months after the bond had
been accepted. Therefore, II In fact
some OF the signatures are not genuine
enIofoahle against such OF the PARTIES
rs actually slgued II. The building
I couirnrt itself stiuulat.s that II shall
/ ,o,l.o, an, i,t,,un, f,,c, n, .n.ct
''o' 10" ""y ''"''"h 80 -,
| against lhe CITY anu company un'l
] bond for it, faithful performance, with
| approved sureties, shalt be given 10y
in,,r,a,
,,,' ,.,.,,. A..
lheIe'oIei NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS. w
hln cDhllaet was uAoeuNI ~
/ paf'les prior 20 the lehueI anu hceup.'
I hnnu VI 'he uohu' the eNeeul'oh VI ~,
] hu"Vt was no. coh' pl''e ~ US 4" w
hhulhE hgainsl WV wy nu'
company uhul cue uonu was si'.hi
anu u u We Iho' HlHt soI.v VI w
hlkhAluIss are no, kehuIhe, uleh u'e
tehueT OF lhe Dohu was sucn IIauu On
lne CITY anu Couphn! hs Warrants
mem IN utAuuH tnc Souiaet az
Nltlael ny ithnu anu ~ NYluHnle' w.
Mohlu De the case IN my op'hlOh
even " bowman nlulseil "lu not nnNe
I POSITIVE EhOWleIgo tnHt hhy OF w
hlthhNits We'" 'oIB'u' ohue' tuun
circumstance WOMB GO - IekAi'
thouRh nor morn ifhuu' bo"hlsi
would De oouhi 70 hho" Wnetn.I .ue
sisnIIuIes were OF were nor gehui ne
rue Jaw Wpuiu ehsIte MN Win .Ao
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n, n,a ar,,,r,n, s,,,ntins "a.
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ill.,. c",tr,rt vas oI,t.,nsI h, f,,,,J
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n In a. oi,i,In c.nc.Ilaiian ~ tbc
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,oi'..,i i,,, t,au,i ~ ,oay dtsrhar,,. NV.
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H., ,,a,,nd q, s,,,h ,,snI nj oyon
%S,,,'t, i,a ronr,y Go,,,t ant 80"
,s'',,,sal .i,,,iI ,s,.i,.'1.. tI,ai ~,
st,na,,,r,s IN, ,,,,stio,, ara. not gsnuin,'
az. 81, 49, ,i,,,,,v 80 noI n,i,i., I'"sl
oI,iicaii,,, Ia ayaiI ,h,,,,,.,,l,,.s ,t th,i,
,isit IN ircat The cnntr,c, No fr,u'Iu,
i'SS,iy oriatn.J 'Thsy n,,y 80, e,i
,,n.t,., ,h. a"nt,,ct
~ my opIhlon' huWeNeI, Woulu
nol w saio 70 10 20, olIne, ia Point OF
ifW OF ~ pOlht OF Ihet' Wl.houl t'pur,
} 'hs bowman 70 lu,,llsh new oohI
WIN goou hhu suilolent nuieue.'
Speak NJ" upoh we assumption lha'
soine OF Ihe hIsun,uI"s are 'oigeu'
Nnlie ! nav s'Iu uhpse "hVso slshh
lures are genuine "9"iu ue u2uhu a..
; .u'ouos ,ol p,eaou W WV uuhui.ionr ~
.he uohu ocuu,'i W., Wy 70 tne tlihe VI
not.o , snt"h ~ ~ 'rs 'ois1ly 70 .no ivy
" S'n,,iI ia ,,"nJ 5000 non ,a'
! ",rr,itirl IN nrns,,,I Win yo,a nna,,
HI. .ontra,, Ia anv h,..ch a, H.
conditinns OCCURRING nft.r sncb n,tic,
/ renaaI Ihat mn .dnr.s.ing n,y".i
a,,iJ h. thn local n,,.s,inms in,niv,g a. 4,
Ih,,y,ns, ynn NV. foiiov,,i tl,,. ,' -, ~
m.ndeble eourre of subnmnoing Vii.
, ncSses andconductlng an inquiry FOL
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