Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1894-11-22

BOTH SIDES TALK.

varian In references to Judge Goou.
wiuis testimony. tie deuiod that the
~ ituesnis language bore any such In.
mort or implication as that which l
ba1 been sought TO place upon It.
Juige Goodwin did not say tuAt
Arthur Brown ought 10 have bteu
Killed, What lie meant 10 cay, au
what the editorial iu question # % tay,
was that II wasa wOuue o.ntb dy III
moi vet Killed .u the excitement tnsfe.
wnile admi ting that NJ Brown haI
many good Il ialilles, G ulsul iusste
that IL was nevertheless an iniirmiiY
OF his to inumidale aud uuild, /,
people aud nave scraps with
tbsm. Mr.. Vnrian had asked ih.
Jury 10 award the plaintiff h avy dam
aces, but Me-. n lies dsnieI tuat d Own
had been Injured 10 the xtsnt OF ono
cent by anytuiug the Tribune mad sad
OF MIN. His feelings wrto not hutt a
AT, but the fact was Arthur Brown
entertained some little political re-.
venge which, he now wanted to graf.
ify. There wss uo evidence Of malice
hero from beginning TO en-, tut al
entire Absence Of mischiov1us Intent TO
do the man Injury, IL was commend.
able IN ntwspaf per to "cnil down" a
public an WHOM ne e'ssyUi T. ride a
TOO "high hur.,." TrUru were too
many men struitiug around "dfCst r.
littla brief authori So" wondering
Why tho earth diI not quake every time
they took Afteii AID u WAS such Ne
these upon whom fcbuko should fall.
la conclusion counsel again declared
there was no wrong 10 be ftitttttd IN
tuis action.
Judge Powers followed on the same
siIe, hrst draling safcas.lCaiIy AMI
auvefsly with the shafts NJ slau'
GttD and tue "lnteilcUtugl I'll 4vIa'
when he asserted were cas- ufUu d
yesterday by Attorney Ntu u
lie reminded ino Jury that they wvf,
not now asked OF required o. pass uf
what the Tribune had said or zone ~
tue past, uut their verdict must b,
based solely upon the one issue before
the court ~ this time. Council hal
much to cay upon tue liberty u th,
press IN this country, M which, for
tunaIely, no stated, there was now ~
censorship; no attorney hEl the pIwu
or privilege % nrf0gatu himstlt 3
drspot. The VI iebtiUu Ut the privilege
oi the press Vas discussed au4 maiicl
defined, aud the attack upon Jul q
Goodwin ~ cuuusel Tor tho plaintiff
Yesterday answered Ia Or ng termf
Judge Powers submitted that no uas
Tor damages whatever had been mad,
out.
judge Powers was Ia the midst O
his ar.umeut whuu court aulJurnr'
Tor luncheon. lie resumed II thi
afternoon, And was speaking wnun IN,
NEWS report closed. Counsel coca
siUually bubblrd over with humOr u
his frequent 70 IsreuCcs 10 "my irion,
Btown," aud afforded n go0u deal q
amusement to the crowd OF spec
tatou present. The plAiLun himse
tut within the bar enclosure
tppsteutly ono Of the most interested
among the general body OF lisIrncu
and could net refrain from Joining 81
tho laughter which now gAd agail
followed In the wake OF the judge
little Jokes. Counsel reviewed all ~
salient points IN the testimony an
uuiculed the idea u such au action
the uc.ring Of which, he said, At au
rate, ought tU have been disposed OF 1
three or four hOuTs-hAving bee
brought into court.
To Attorney Rawlins will fall th
tack OF making tnu closing speech IL
the piAiutiil, aud JUICE Merritt VII
tien olatge tue Jury, 10 whom ia
case will then be gwen,
There 10 good deal Of speculatio
as ~ the verdict.