Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1893-05-13
LEGAL CALENDAR.
U. S. District Attorney Judd Takes
Tho Oath Of once.
MS PREDECESSORS FAREWELL.
Tho Miller Embezzlcnent Case Likely
10 Drop.-Indielmcn,s Against leo
Dealers Withdrawn, Etc.

Upon Judge Zane taking his seat ia
the Third district court this morning,
Assistant District Attorney Stephens
intimaled that he desired TO dlemiss
tho remaining three cases against Salt
Lake parties OF selling impure Ice. On
Mondey last one Cf the defendants
was TILED and acquitted, and that be.
Ing what he considered the strongest
OF the four cases, rs now deemed II
advisable TO dismiss the others.
They wero accordingly stricken
from the calendar.
LIKELY TO DROP THROUGH.
The assistant district attorney also
mentioned the case Of the People Va
Frank Millor, the secondhand goods
dealer, who wns tried short time ago
and convicted on charge OF embtz.
element. A new trial was, however,
granted, and the defendants attorneys
now, through him, requested that tho
case be either dismissed or the dalo Of
trial set. Mr.. stephens thought 1t had
better be set down for disposal on
tho 2ilh inei.; but under the circum.
chances lac did not suppose the mat.
ter would reach a hearing.
This, 1t will DO remembered, was
the case in which Attorney Pattison
got himself into trouble, az the com.
plainsnt, 10 consequence OF reckless
statements made on the wltness.stand.
and Tor which lie was stricken from
the rolls by Chief Justice Zane.
THE MARsHAL's ACCOUNTS.
The penilentiary and other accounts
Of United States Marshal Benton were
submitted and approved.
THE DISTRICT ATTORNEYS ACCOUNTS.
Assistant District Attorney Stephens
also presented the accounts of Dis
triet Attorney Varian anu himself,
these having been, he said, verified up
TO date. They were formally approved.
THE OLD AND TIE NEW.
District Attorney vaIian then rose
and said-Ii the court please, l have
TO present the commission Of the Hon,
John w. Judd, district attorney for
ibis Territory, and before introducing
him TO take the oath desire TO extend
my acknowledgement 20 the court, md
the other courts In this Territory, for
the generous and kindly assistance
they have always hitherto given to
mo during my administration OF this
onice, also to the members OF the bar
generally for the kindly relations they
have ever mAint,insd towards me. 1
viii take great pleasure Ia introducing
my successor, Hon. J. w. Judd, uud
lie viii now take the oath.
The new district attorney thereupo n
advanced 10 the clerks desk and
Chief Justice Zlno administered the
oath prescribed by law. IL had been
thought that District Attorney Judd
would "say a few wordsU on ASSUME
Ing Ills official duties, but instead, he
retired silently t. his seat.
MISCELLANEOUS.
Carey Lombard Lumber Company
Va Sheets AMI Partridge. Motion for
Judgment on tho report OF the referee,
rct Tor hearing Nav 10Th
Timmins W. Blackhurst let nj. No
.ion 70 uissoive inJunotioh set Tor hear
order eontInned' N '"' '''''a'H''s
White River Valley Land and Live
Stock com any VS.. II. J. BurIaston,
Motion 10 open default anu for leave 10
answer heard on ALL lavlts. argued by
Frank Pierce aud w. IL. King Tor the
Defendant, and Il. ID. Crlicniow for the
plaintiff, submitted, allowed anu leave
claim. conditionaily that astenann,
nav the costs nm 10 the nres.nt aim
M. Newcome We. II. T.. Wills 1t al.
Motion OF Attorney Il. Ellis Brown
(for the ueienuadt) IRA continuance,
was approved
u. IL. Townirow Va. tho Salt Lake
nanv In ,his cass. triad nn Thnx 80
a len DAYS, stnv nj exscution
allowed.
20
John Danvers, an Englishman, and
now Salt Lake resident, was ad-
mitted to oiliIenthip.
In In. cas. nj Ro,h.,h.,, ~. ro,,
pscs a. nj The ds,snI, nrs,, ,,,si vonu
t.red Was sci a.ids ami i,,av. aivan ~
Ala s,murrer IN Observation-Disclosures '"
$50
The divorce suit OF Karn Olsen W.
Carl Olsen was dismissed on motion OF
a ttnInay ('DulDn.