Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1893-04-21
A LEGAL CHAPTER.
Criminal and Civil Business 10 Judo
Zlne's Court.
NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS. CONTROVERSY
Aoll'n Against the Oqnlrrh Water aud
Land Company.-Oifense Against
the Internal Revenue Laws.

In the qulntc.to OF counterlel.era
called upon to plead before Chief
Justice Zane yesterday afternoon was
J. II. Patterson, who, 40 stated ia that
day's NEWS did not attempt to con.
ceni his guilt. He was brought down
from the peniteutiary again this morn.
Ing aud the court ordered him to
appear 10 receive sentence on Tuesday.
Tie 25ih Inst The defendant Is in.
dictcd DO h Tor oouutcrieitlng and
having bal money In his possession
whcu arrested.
the J. @. WILLIAMS CASE.
J. G. wHliama stands Indicted for
adultery. in this case, motion by
the disluc. attorney to dismiss and 70
set aside default aud forfeiture were
allowed.
a coAMissioNr's ACCOUNTS.
The aecounia OF U. S. Commissioner
Scott Ct Too,lo were allowed In the
sun Of slI25.
DEMuRs 40 THE INDICTMENT.
In the case OF A. NJ. Richardson,
VINO plead NOT guilty yeslerlay to an
inulc'menl charging him with a vlola-
lhllon OF inc Internal revenue laws,
Attorney }. a. Williams this morning
uomufrui 10 reimbursement, principalIy
on The grounds that tho law was not
applicable 10 retail CIGAR doalers, ana
tlrthcr that the indictment failed TO
show criminal intent.
The allegation against the defend.
ant Is that OF selling ia this city
oigars which had been manufactured
here, In u box bearing sam Levy's
The court took the matter under al.
visVmeui.
tine JURY DECIDES IA.
The arguments In the suit Of Terri.
toti9l Auditor Arthur Pratt W, Ex.U.
5. Marahal Elias II. pasons were
concluded In Judge Zlueis court az
noon and after his honof's charge tho
case went u the jury.
Ihu Particulars OF this action were
reported la these columns yesterday.
IL was based ON account OF services
rendered by the plaintiff to tue deien-
uant ns y deputy U. ;. maTshai In tho
Ogden district.
COULD NOT AGREE.
The hearing Of lho $500 damage
1ult Of CHARLES Grouse Rud A. q. over.
holt We. w. IL. Wallace was concluded
late yesterday afternoon, aud the1uTy
were inslructod to bfingIn a sealed YER
ultt ihis morning. They did not,
however, do no. After celebrating
nearly the whole night, they an
nuunced at 10 O'Clock today their in
aoillty 10 agree, anu Judge Bartch ac-
cofdingly discharged them.
The suit grew 'ut Of a dispute over
The sale OF twonty-lwo mares.
IN JUDGE nARTCH's COURT ALSO.
NJ. knight ct nj. We. u. Wood. In
lhiH cnsu no defense was offered aud
verdict was entered for the paiutiii for
ibJ9.1O. 10 was Au action for mer-
supplied.
PARSONS AGAIN IN IT.
John Billing, assignee, VI. i. II.
'nroous 81 al. Attorney CO. White
more appeared Tor the plaintiff: the
defendant was not preaent nor was he
opresenled BY counsel. IL was case
u Unlawful helAuft unuor an pNeuu-
ion. Damages OF $1,000 were claimed
nd the jury found Tor the plaintiff for
his amount with iuterest, bringing
he whole up 10 s2i6i.
BROUGHT AGAiSsr THE ooUIRRI.
The next case taken up was that Of
lharles Dals VI. the OHuirrh Water
nd Land company. Inc action is
rought to recover $1,000 and costs for
LEGGED wrongful acts Of the defendants
n digging up anu dlshguriug certain
and belonging TO the plAintitl during
ho construction Of canal. Attof-
ICY Winters appeared for the plaintiff
MI Attorney w. III. Dickson for the
eionJaut.
The trial was In progress this after.
oUn.
CONTINUED.
Utah and Montana Machine com.
any W. Thomas II. Higgins Of al.
his case was continued FOR the term.
l., w. Bacon VI. John II. MrChrys.
u OF a. Continued TIL Monday,
.prll 24lh.