Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1893-02-18

Order for sale OF property, in order Il
pay expenses In the action; reieree I,
make rolnrn Of sale.
THE SAWYER CASE.
The trial Of +. H.. Sawyer, which
began yesterday afternoon, was theI
Resumed. The defendant Is man o
very respectable appearance, about 81
years oil age, and he ia represented by
Attorney L. II. Barker. Assistant
District A ttorney Stephens represent.
the prssecu ton.
The Indictment charges the accused
with burglary, and also assault witt
Intent 10 murder. The offsnso IL
alleged TO have been committed ut the
mouse OF Philip Adams, colored
shoeblack, In the Eighteenth ward, on
Tue evening OF October 18th, 1892, and
~ the time created quite n sensation.
Mrs. Adams, while alone la the
dwelling, was most bfutally attacked
~ some man who entered the place In
Disguise, tho object, presumably, being
robbery, inaslnuch as a sum of $50 was
thii 10 have been stolen from "a trunk
In the room, which was com.
pletely ransacked. When the
husband and nephew of Mrs.
Adams returned home about o o,cloc,,
they found Mrs. Adams In great
agony, che having bscn severely in.
jured by heavy blow on the head
with some blunt instrument, be.
sides being woundei ia the region of
tue abdomen. Suspicion fell upon
Sawyer, who had boen employed by
Adams to "teach" him of an event 40.
and ho was arrested, but nothing was
found at his house nor upon his person
which could fasten the crime upon
him, nor iniicatethat he was the perpe.
traitor OF the deed. The defendant IN
taid TO be u person Of excellent char.
aCtcr.
The prosecution rested ut noon, and
the defense then opened, number Of
witnesses being called with the Object
OF proving an abb.
The de e1dant himself, on the wit.
ness stand, denied most positively nil
knowledge OF tho affair and succeeded
In convin ing the Jury OF his limo
cence. rney acquitted him this after
noon without leaving the jury-bOx.
BEfoRs JUDGE BARTcH.
Sarah Kahn Va. Robert +. Burton,
Jr.i ct III, default. Permission was
given to amend insianter AMI decree
OF foreclosure granted. Two hundred
dollars rs attorneys fec was allowed.
N. n. Butts vs.. lily. q. Pierce ct al.
judgment by default.
Ga llSher vs.. the Yosemite Mining
company. This case was, by consent,
ret Tor hearing ON March 3rd.
Levy Vi. Particle. Motion TO dis
solve attachment continued TIL Feb
ruary 2lst.
Weeks vs.. Hardy. Continued Till
February 2lst also.
smith ct al. VS.. Slippery ct al. Order
To show cause why the receive should
not pay over funds involved In this
hult set for hearing on the u 81 inst.
Bedding vs.. Mehcaey Hearing on
report OF referee set for Monday morn.
ing next.
Beck Va. McIIugh OF al. Tho court
ordered that tue clerk apply the funds
now In his hands on the judgment
herein.
GOES UP FOR SIX MONTHS.
J. Is. sullivan, who was convicted q
few days ago on an Indictment Tor
adultery, was sentenced 10 six months
ia the penitentiary. The judge said
that TIE defendant should be made m
example OF, and the woman with
whom he was associated also deserves
punishment. But he understood that
she had left the country.
COURT NOTES.
Frank Miller, the secondhand goods
dealer, who had his trial In Judge
Zane's court yesterday on n charge OF
a m hey al "A
TO his keeping by Attorney PattisoD,
was found guilty by the Jury about
1--WE O'Clock In the afternoon, after
deliberating for nearly an hour. They
assessed the value OF the goods at $500
anu further found that the defendant
had not been acquitted, Ms alleged In
his plea, by n former Judgment Ia the
Third district court; also that he had
not been In jeopardy on any former
occasion. Miller was ordered TO appear
Tor sentence next Saturday.
Charles Spencer, the youth charged
with having burgiarized the store OF
Wiscomb Bros, on January Sth, failed
to answer TO his name IN the Third
district court yesterday afternoon and
Assistant District Attorney stephens
stated he had been pardoned on the
va ny
whom he had been employed In the
store.
The bar was heavily represented In
the Third District court this morning
during the second call OF civil jury
cases. The proceedings took up Just
half an hour OF the session.
Another report may be expected
from the grand Jury In "a few days.
Frank Miller, the second hand store
man and saloonkeeper, found guilty
yesterday afternoon OF embezlling
household goods belonging to Attorney
Pattlson, Ia said to have been taken
completely by surprise VIXEN the Jury
returned their verdict against him.
The Territorial Supreme court will
convene on March lSlh.
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