The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1894-04-07
FROM THE GARDEN CITY.
END OF THE HALLETT AND sMITE
MURDER TRIAL.
ChirpiIlod Pleads entity to Incest
and Is Sentenced to Three Years
Imprisonment--New Notes.

Provo, April 6, 1S94-The case Of the
People VS.. C. H. Hallett and James H
Smith was concluded today. The de-
Tense rested yesterday evening and the
prosecution introduced little rebuttal
testimony, after which W. H. King
opened in an hours argument, at the
conclusion of which court adjourned
until the afternoon. Attorneys d. d.
Houtz and George Sutherland followed
for the defense and Judge Judd closed
in an argument one hour and half
in length. At o'clock this afternoon,
Judge Smith charged the jury. His
instructions were clear and forcible,
but owing to the nature of the case,
two defendants and only one having
done the shooting), they were neces-
sarily lengthy The jury retired at
3:15 p. m. and at this writing are still
out
Throughout the case. Mr.. and Mr.
Grant, the parents of the deceased,
have been much concerned in the
progress of the case, the old gentle
man at times being unable to suppress
his feelings. Mr.. Hallett's wife and
two children have frequented the court
building daily and are awaiting
anxiously the verdict which will either
pronounce the husband and father a
free man or a criminal.
j. E. Chirpillod, the man brought
back from California few days ago
on the charge of incest, today came
into court and changed his former plea
| of not guilty to guilty, and was at once
sentenced to three years in the peni-
Tertiary. The minimum sentence was
| pronounced in view of the fact that
| the jury disagreed in the case before
John Strang was brought up from
Emery county yesterday by Marshal
Berry, on the charge of assault The
| indictment was found during the time
| Mr.. Varian was prosecuting attorney.
A plea of not guilty was entered.
| A drunken tramp created quite a. dis
| turbance on Center street last evening,
and had to be carried bodily to the
city Jail.
| Cyrus Mercer one of the witnesses
for the prosecution in the case against
Hallett and Smith, was arrested last
night for drunkenness and today paid
| SIS into the city treasury for his fun.
Mr.. George Whitmore is up today
from Nephi. IA
The oxford society gave one of their
| pleasant parties last night, at South
worths hall.
The district court has adjourned IN
| til Monday morning.
l IIeSlueII LID IN. OF N1lllarC
county stake, came up from his home
| today en- route for conference.
j Provo will contribute her share OF
the conference visitors.
Judge Judd was highly congratulated
today on his argument in the Hallett
and Smith homicide case At times
he became eloquent and portrayed
wildly the scenes attending the fata
encounter. arousing the sympathies OF
Mr.. and Mrs. Grant, who sat witt
bowed heads and wet eyes during the
entire argument.
DR.. NJ. H. Hardy and Professor. Brim
hall went to Salt Lake city thiseeven
ing.
Isaac Riddle is up on business from
Manti.
Mr.. Ryan, one of the city council
men, of Grand Junction, has been il
. Provo the past few days attending tn
Hallett and Smith homicide case. H
and his wife went to Salt Lake today
The Union Pacific company have i'm
proved their quarters at the Gardel
city lately. They have fitted up a nev
} ticket Office on the north side of tn
old station. and they now have doubl
the room they formerly had, whicl
; greatly facilitates their business mat
/ terS