Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1893-06-02

larceny ever brought Into this
court or In any court " the
United 5tatos. Yes, | thought 10 my.
sclf, now here's "a good a chance A.
I shall see, and / wanted 10 borrow that
muuey-more borrow than anything
olsv2" (Laughter.l
Brennan next went on % onlighton
/ the Jury In detail ~ 10 his moduH
| Oreundi In the takiny OF the money,
but was most particular Ia assuring
| them that he carefully avoided Lying
q huger upon any OF the letters, regis.
/ tered or otherwise. "I have great
respect Tor tic maii,D said lac, 81
wouldn't like anybody else to tamucr
/ with my letter.; Hnd 90 | lust took the
SIS with the intention Of sometime
lending II back. l've had all tho peui.
tcntiafy want now, but this IL o clear
case Of petty larceny"
Attorney Higgins informed the
court that Brennan, up 20 this time,
| had always claimed 10 him thai he
iid not commit this robbery and that
thu money found upon him was his
own. a short time prior 10 this affair
the defendant was discharged from she
Provo asylum, where he had been con.
fined two months, and II was apparent
ohlm tNr. HiggiuHl, anu he th1nght
u must bo 10 the court, that Bfonnau
was not responsible Tor what he was
saying VI for his actions.
Brennan Ooyfuliyl-Oh, ye.; t,m
responsible all right. (Laughturl
Attorney Higgins thought that be.
fore sentence was passBd the condition
Of the mans mind should be Inquired
into.
Judge Howat remarked that 70 was a
quo.tiO for the Jury whether
the defendant was guilty Of hous,.
breaking or OF petit larceny.
II they believed his statemen, that hc
took iho money without forcible outsy
Of course 1t was not case VI house.
breaking; but the evidence Of some OF
the witnesses for tue prosecution was
that the doors leading 10 the safe were
locked before the Office wis left.
Judge Laut-Oi Coufse VI the poet
Office people went out and left the
insido doors open, he IL not guilty Of
HOUSEKEEPING. [ 70 BfenEan)-You
do not wilh g. submit 10 the Jury that
you nre Insane, do your
Dciendnut-I ain'l a particle Insane
not a particle.
Judge Ztne-You may step down.
Julgo howat and the dofondanps
attorney Proceeded 10 address the
Jury, aud while the former was speak.
Ing Brennan several times requested
him 10 "out Il or"
lt did not take the Jury many min.
uteH TO mud the accused guilty Of
househreaking, and when the verdict
was Tread by CLERK Mcmillan Brennan
shouted They'd lose their job-sg a
day-if they didn't bring Ia u verdict.
lts the same Jury all the year round
In this court.
Judge Zaue-rake him out.
brennan began 20 mutter something,
out before he had timo 10 again give
iull vent TO his feelings he was marched
out OF court, with BALM Springer Ia
front anu Deputy Mauhnl Bomai.
Cannon bringing up the rear.
THIS afternoon the defendant was
again brought In and waived time for
sentence, telling the court that he
wanted no leniency.
Judge Zane ordered him 10 be kent
In the penitentiAry for two year,.
MISCELLANEOUS.
In the case OF the Carey Lombard
Lumber company vs. Charles Sheets
Of al, thirty days stay was granted Ina
which 20 enter an appeal.
q. f. Dalton Va a. NJ. Afusser.
Thirty days stay was allowed ia this
case 70 enable the plaintiff 10 flu state.
mont.
Jane Nixon shalet " Charles A.
Henderson ct al; default. Decree OF
foreclosure granted anu s75 attorneys
fec allowed.
MOTIFS.
A Petrovitzky, who was charged
with threatening TO kill b. Stclnmau
Js' had a hearing before Commissioner
Nortell yesterday afternoon and was
discharged.
Commissioner Pratt has removed his
offices from the Hooper block aud IL
now l)catod In rooms lsB and l47
on the sixth floor Of the Commercial
block.
Lee Gimm, who was committed in
the First district court for eighteen
months for assault with intent 10 do
bodily harm, has been released from
The penitontihry upon the expiration
Of his sentence,
John +. johnson, "a secondhand
dealer Of State street, was tried i'm
Commissioner GreenmaniA court Yea.
terday afternoon on tho charge of
having disturbed the peace OF X. l..
knudsOn and wife. The hearing re.
suited In the discharge OF the defend.
Aut
In the case Of q. +. Dalton Va A. NJ. |
MusseT, suit brought by plgintifl %
recover $1,000 on pr0missory note
given la payment for the purchase OF |
5000 shares OF stock In tho Dalton |
Gold, Milling and Mining company,
the jury in the Third district court late !
afternoon brought in a
verdict for the plaintiff for ss90I7.
In Judge Zane's court yesterday
afternoon, at the close of the civil bust. |
ness, criminal work was taken up. ed
scullard was placed on trial on "A |
charge Of assault with intent 10 rob Ed |
Anderson, NJ Deep Creek, on Novem. |
Der 10th, 1892. After impanellpy "A
Jury however the prosecution stated |
that they did not desire a conviction j
except for simple assault, ana the case
was uled ON that charge. The evidence
showed that Bcullafd and Anderson
had trouble over some money which
the accused had lost, and during the
row which followed Scullard drew a
gun on Anderson. Later Anderson
made similar turn ut Scullatd. IL
also appeared from the evidence OF the
ltluuse that 5cullnrd was drunk Mt the
lime aud that Anderson had taken his
money for SAFE keeping The case
reached the Ju4y shortly after O'CLOCK,
1nC three minutes later they returned
/ verdict OF not ruiltv