Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1893-09-19
COURT CULLINGS.
Tie jury Disagree 10 tho Park City
hanSlalghtaF Case.
O'SrILL 10 HAVE A rnmp TRIAL
Henry Radon Acquitt,d.-iirs. 1ul-
lldgc Puts In Plea Of
Not Chilly.

clufgo OF tue ullnaInugutet OF 1tuuN
II unuy at Park CITY, retired 10 cor-
sider their verdict. Five hours later
they sent word 10 Judge Zane, who
was waiting around, that there was no
chance Of an agreemuuL Ills honor
directed that they remain locked up all
night and report again tie ntx.
morning, thinking that possibly by
that time verdict would be o. chez.
So the twelve Jurors eJcnt the whole
night W the tUciusion Il their rot IA
unuer look anu hey, with court bAiuu
Nelson la Attendance upon them.
AZ B.3l this morning the jury went
before Judge Isue anu again al
nOunced that there was not the slight.
Ust hope Vi thui. coming u unaui.
nuus opluion. TheioiOru they wetu
discharged.
II tfanspircs that the Jurors stood
eleven iUI nJguiunl Rud unu Tor con.
vloiiOu. The eleven exercised tntif
utmost uniunyOT8 10 bring the stubborn
juTyman % their own view OF tue Cstr,
tut all O. no luruOsc. IL is stated on
good auth f.ty that this one juror haJ
made up hls mind almost from the Oui.
cot 10 cJuviet tue accused, ami hAi
even sought 20 READ previous uuwt-
paper Tepnfls VI the case 10 his fellow
iufym, Further, IL Is said that he
spoke 81 Judge POwefs, the dsirnu-
ants attorney, having been very tLc-
crbsiui ~ tins class OF casrs, anu that
ho diu not mean TO help MA out IN this
one.
a TimD TRIAL 10 III had.
Upon the opening OF court this
moaning Assistant District Attorney
HowAt ASKED that the case, by consent
Of counsel on the other siuo, ur Het for
hearing (t0T the thiri timv) on the 25in
lust
Judge Zauc replied that 10 wautcI
90 gvt through with the clinical caiun-
OAR uH sIpu ns pusnuic, iuHsmuch ns
there was nchvy civiI docket 10 Be
dealt win; that docket was now far Ia
atTtar. rho court ululd not, therefore,
spare the time to try cases twice over
TINS term.
Judge Powers snid he very much
desired ~ have the case tried again
tOOn iOr the reason that the witutssrs
whom he mai TO call were very Diff
cult 10 hold IA the present condition OF
| affairs, moving apOut,us they didi from
place 10 place. IL was with consider.
aLle difficulty that ho had prepared the
du.ens, ~ tho trial just ended.
Judge nr,uuder tho circumstance,
consented to try the ease ugliu Un
tue 2biU mt, anu tue wilucftrs present
were requested 10 ue In Attendance on
that date without iutthor subj nua.
TiE AILIOED muYCLE TIIEFr.
Henry n. humks pl,ai not guilty
| 10 u charge - larceny anu his ttlhl Wa.
tet tor the .lsi lust. Attorney j. II
Harris was appointed by the court tC
defend him.
MKs. 1uLLIDGE COMES VI.
susan rulhJgra diminutiye woman
ahout ~ year, o. age, plead not guilty
TO an indictment Tor adultery. Sue
will be defended on her trial by altor,
ney :. :. Markham. IL was under
stood that the cast would 10 taken vi
today or tomorrow.
4 CHARGE DISMISSED.
Assistant District Attorney Howat
asked that the charge Of forgery against
Lewis Miller might be- uismissud. Al
ter talking with Mr.. stephens, his pre-
dyoess0r iu Office, VINO WAS familiar
Witu the facts as presented 10 the grand
jury by whom tbs Indictment was
found, hu thought % ur5per 90 take this
HIrp. The defendant was mere boz
ana the 0lvnso was not Ia very seriuu,
one. The Court made au order Tor tht
uis mitsnl Of the case.
RAD Don ACQUITTED.
Tie charge sgginst Henry Radon
Of stealing n pocket book, valued a
IS cents, and containing 90 cents, "a,
property VI Lucy &. Walker, was theI
| investigated.
Assistant District Attorney Howat
prosecuted and Judge P0WeTs defend.
cd.
The case had boon hanging fire 'or
u long time, having brun continued
from term 70 term. The otiensu u
alleged 10 have been com nilted Ia the
carry part OF 1892. The complainant
was standing near tho clock corner on
East Temple street, waiting for u car,
whoa she suddenly missed tue pocket
took from small pocket Ia her
Jacket. Tho dpient ant was standing
uuar ami On turning round she Oh.
| served that 30 had the book In his
hand. a cty u stop thief was raised
40 Radon ian away, but he was over.
ttken anu given into custody.
Ao now testified Ia his own
defense that the book iell from
AiIs. Walkers pocket aud that hu
fimply plcked IL up, intending Co re-.
store Il u the owner; hut when asked
by tho prosecuting attorney why he
ran OIL eaid Nc could not explain and
admitted II was "a foolish thing 10 do, ,,
Witnesses were Cgllei who testified 10
having seen the dr,uulaut In posses.
sion OF the book. Il, was shown that
the streets were muddy NJ the time aud
that had ,ur book milun 10 the ground
fiom ME. Walkers pocket II must
have huon sOliru; whereas 1t waa
quite clean when 10 the duieniRntja
htnd. when Tho complainant WIS
questioned by JMEu Powers as u
whether the book did not f,ll out OF
her pocket, she admitted that she really
CJuiI not tel.
Counsel 10 Doth sides agreed that the
gr, should charge the Jury on the
cs, without Il previous address from
tom.
rhe Jurors, after hearing his honor,
tire ana came back about ten
minutes later with "a verde, OF "noi
guilty"
The defendant was surrounded by
his risnds on leaving the court room
aud warmly congratulated, one
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