Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1894-03-17
The DISTRICT COURT.
Poiof T. Goss Obtains a Verdict For
$1,000 Against tho City.
JUVENILE posrorrICE THIEVES.
A Husband Clamors For Di'orcc.-
Brennan Wants New Trlah--
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900 damnge suit brought by Peter +.
Co.'s against Salt Lake CITY. Tire
Jurors retired Just before 10 O'Clock,
aud at 1925 returned into court with a
verdict In favor OF thc plalntiil, assess.
log his damages nj "sl ,00J, % date"
one juror only dissentoj.
rnersupon Attorney }. II. Mnylc, Of
counsel Tor the plaintiff, asked Tor a
special finding ~ to permanent dam'
ages OF othsrwisc. AZ the verdict now
stood, ne said, It was ambiguous.
Attorney Whlttomore, Of counsel for
the defonsu-rho jury have exercised
their discretion, under tue insiiuc,ious
u the court, anu we ask that thu ver-
diet be left ~ IL II.
Attorney r. =. Richards asked that
tho court would further Instruct the
jury 10 make a special finding.
Attorney Whittemoro replied that he
did not think the court could request
the Jurors any stronger than he did IN
his cuargc.
Alter some talk the jury once more
retired, aud when they again came
into court few minutes nncfwWIs
handed the CLERK au addition 10 the
verdict Ia whiting, with which, how.
over, the plainIitl's counsel expressed
dissatisfaction.
a wngton question was then put 10
the twelve BY the court, ne t1lluwt.
SIN your verdict did you limit your
Injury 10 the damages sustained by the
paint y o lHtu2P
rhe AnswefW wa! "Yes,D signed by
all but the one dissentient jurUU
II seemed ~ have been Aimos, gonuf.
ally expected that the jury, n they
found In biz favor a all, would cat il.
ly award Mr. Guss a much larger sun
than that when hey have dstofmiuyG
upon.
Tue court reporter OF the NEWS wac
Informed by counsel for the plaintiff
this afternoon that IL Is tneir Intention
10 bring a new suit against the city 10
restrain II from continuing l. deposit
the sewage into tue surplus Caual and
Tor DANA es occasioned by pcfmanunt
injury TO Mr.. Goss's lanl.
a TRoUDLEsoNE W. D..
The divorce casa OF Abraham Hunter
VI Harriet Hunter was recently hesfd
before Attorney J. Mu-scf ~ referee,
anu Attorney Barlow Ferguson this
morning asked JUICE Merritt II ho
would now pass uUuu the ref.
eree'a report. The judge answered
that ho was not prepared q do ~
today, neither cOuli hU undertake 10
name any particular day ON which he
would do ~. The grsunl on which
the husbands petition 10 based ~
drunkenness, anu the plTties-nOw
residing In tho western part OF the
city-have not lived together TOT the
last eight or ten m0n,hs. Attorney
Ferguson explained hIs reason tor
wishing the matter disposed Of at the
earliuBt opportunity. lie said the de.
PENDANT was ia the hhblt OF gOiug
10 the house la wHich the husband
anu children dwult, when intoxicated,
taking knife with her aud threaten.
log 10 XIII the whole lot VI them. At
tornuy j. IL. Huri, on the part OF tuu
wife, said he desired 10 sAy something
before his honor finally passed upon
the case.
DRESNAS' NEW TRIAL.
Ths motion for a nov trial Ia the case
OF GEORGE J. Brennan, convicted 10y "a
Jury Ia Judge Hanc's court last fall on
n.chafge OF PERJURY, alleged To have
been committed ON the hearing VI
civil suit ina Justices court, came up
for argument this mUfnIng-by
Colonel Allen Miller ON behalf OF
the defendant anu By Assistant
District Attorney HOWat anu Attorney
Arthur Brown on the part OF tne PROS
scutiOn. The motion was based main.
ly ON two gtOunds, In suDsiauceI that
the evidence was insufficient 10 Justify
the verdict aud errors OF law occurring
ut the trial.
When Brsnnan's attorney had
spoken for snort time, Judge Merritt
asked whether tue Defendant was In
the penitentlaty.
Colonel Miller-No, slii lie Ia out on
bail anu he doesn't expect 10 be there.
Judge MeTntt remarked that there
would DO call Of tue law aud motion
calendar In April, aud 10 tho Argu-
ments seemed likely 10 occupy some
time, he would postpone the matter
until then.
YOUNu rOsIOFriCE THIEVES.
George Williams ami William John.
sou, two intelligent boys aged thirteen
ana fourteen ytAfu respectively, came
up for sentence, having recently plead
guilty TO an indictment charging them
with rObning the CIalyillu pOsiOflice 10
tho extent OF $40, The defendants
began their pillrrlng n Coalyille
In August, 1873, and kept II
up until the early part OF Janu.
Rry In the present. year They
were at length trapped by means Of
marked coin. The boys made "a key
aud with this entered aud luit the post
ailice at their own swee. VIII, helping
themselves 10 whatever small sums OF
money happened to be at hand. Alter
while ihe lock Of the door Was
changed, but they very soon manu-
featured another AMI 30 the thelts
went on as mysteuousy as before.
When tho pOstoiiice Inspector took the
matter up and markrI number
OF coins tho urirn Auls were
detected and their game was up Upon
being arrested they made d confession
and surrendered between so ana soO
az part Of the plumber
Judge Merritt now gave the young
thieves good lecture, tned them 81
each and committed them TO the lee
form school