Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1894-05-12
A FRUITFUL TIME.
Indie Merritt Kept Very Busy 10 Court
This Forenoon.
TWO wAYwARD YOUNG SISTERS.
Dssertion aud yorce-Lltigailon over
a Certain Mining Location
at Bingham.


A Certain Mining Location
at bingham.
This was a more than usually rush.
Inc morning 10 the Third district court,
and Judge Merritt had his hands quite
foil from ten O'Clock up to the time Of
the midday adjournment. A lot Of
miscellaneous business consumed the
art ihree.quarters Of an hour, and the
balance Of the foreHoon was given up
to the hearing on an Injunction In 10.
gard to mining litigation.
SHORT MATTERs.
The case Of w. q. a. Smoot w the
Pacific Lumber and Building 20. wac,
by consent, set for hearing on tho
equity calendar neat wednesday, to
take the place OF that Of opponhelmer
VI Mccormick, which, It was an.
nounord, had been settled.
Lorenzo ID. Young Va Dslos Robin.
son ut A. An order was granted, al.
owing the plaintiff to serve summons
upon two minors who have been dis.
covered to be- parties defendant aud
permitting plaintiff 10 amend COM
plaint by interlinention.
Walter 4. Read W Wm. Dean et al.
Motion for judgment on tho pleading
submitted without argument.
Sarah J. Pembroke VI James T.. De
Wo0dcy. Hearing on order ~ show
cause continued without date.
salt Lake Valley Loan and Trust
o.. W Marion Pickering 1t al. Judg.
ment and decree OF foreclosure. Al.
t1fney's fee OF 800 allowed.
Henry DinwOOdoy VI John BECK.
Demurrer 10 complaint Oyvrrulod; i've
days 10 answer.
Hyfum Shields W. the Daily Miner
Publishing 60. An order was granted
authorizing the Issuance Of an order Of
sslo Of property attached, the proceeds
to be- deposited with the court pending
the rcsultOf the suit.
Taylor, R0mnoy, Armstrong Go. Va
Hebef Young. judgment NJ prayed.
Attorneys lee Of $3.50 allowed.
Julia lockwood W Amos Caldwell
et ~. judgment rs prayed. SIS aItor.
ney's lee allowed.
DIVORCED.
The divorce suit Of Mary Ann 5.
Rich W samuel r. Rich, on the ground
Of deseriion, was next heard. The case
went by deigult,
Tne petitioner IL about nty years Of
age, and Ia answer 10 her attorney
(H. W. smith, on tue witucss.stand
stated that she was Married 10 the DE.
ieudant on December q. 1900. There
are i've children, aged respectively 20,
IL, n, 9 anu 7 years. lt further ap.
peafed that tho paftius resided together
until 1855. when tue defendant went
away, osIenslbly Tor a few weeks on
business, but never returned aud la.
not since been heard from by his
family.
Tue court granted the decree as
prayed.
a vERY BAD START.
Two sisters uamei Nellie aud Der.
tina POulB0n, Intelligent aud neatly
aitlrod, were brought before the court
ms incOrflgibles, with the view o. their
being transferred from tho custody Of
the city police 70 the Ogden Reform
school.
Detective Sheets was called aud tes.
tilted that ho na1 seen tho defendants
on the streets nj all hours, and also In
Franklin avenue between ~ aud |
O'Clock In the morning. Both girls, on
Thunday last, took morse and buggy
which were standing opposite the
Temple block, aud were caught drlv.
ing them away by tue peTson who
owned them, ON Filth South and Fifth
East, soon afterwards. A Ian
robe and some parcels had been
taken out u the conveyance
and these were found later at the girls
house. rne sisters, Sheets
said, had been glilty Of frequent petty
larcenies Rnt kindred ollunses, had
been accustomed OF late to associate
with low, immoral people and to visit
places "untit Tor girls Of their age"
The mother had gone to the city hall
several times to complain Of their
conduct.
Prosecuting Attorney Howat said
the mother should have been present
now, but he supposed she did not care
~ come.
Judge Merritt asked the deiendantA
II they wished TO bB represented by an
attorney; but both laughingly
answered no.
Judge Merrltt-Do you desire to say
The elder girl to this renlied-It Ia
all true what no (meaniug Detective
sheeis) has sEii 90 far; thaPs all eau
say.
Judge Morrltt-Do you live vt homo
with your motheI7
Ihe elder girl, again answering In "A
don't care fashion-Yes, sir, part u
the time.
Nellie was asked her age aud an.
sWeted eighteen; the other said she
was sixteen; but both looked younger
mere children.
Judge Merritt remarked that 40 the
statute provided an offender must be-
within" tbs age OF eighteen in order
to be sent 10 the Reform school, he had
no lurledietion In regard to tue elder
glTl She had not been convicted, anu
was entitled TO be tried by Jury.
Attorney Whittemore (whO was assO.
ciateI with Judge III wat in the easel
said the sending OF the girl to the
penitentlary was what they now aimed
10 avoid.
Ailer aome discussion Judge Merritt
made an order committing Bertha (he
younger deiendantl TO the Reform
school, but declined 10 interfere with
the other. Nellie was accordingly
.aken back to the city hall by Dstec.