Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1894-02-16
AldOTa Rice Cots on With Five DAYS
In the County Jail.
THEFT FROM 4 RAILROAD CAR.


the Jury fiuding-at p. ma verdict
Of guilty Of assauit, with n recon.
mondalion 70 mercy.
The defendant was bfourh. into
court this morning for scntuucg, when
Attorney Corey briefly Addressed bis
honor ia mitigation OF parliament.
Ho said that nrs. Rice hal been 81
jail, awaiting trial, since Dec. 5,h,
1893, and thought the law had already
been fully vlrdicatrd In har cnsH.
Counsel remarked also upon the iuty's
recommendation, even ON tue Hnuiug
Of a common assault, and said The de-.
icn1aLt had 2.yeAr-old child de.
pendent upon her, IA a measure, for
support
Judge Hlwat did not wlth 10 say
Anything TINT would disregard tho
Recommendation Of the jury.
Cnirf Justice Murru expteiFed re.
greet at seeing woman In tho uti0n
In which Mrs. Rice stood, aud pointed
out that ~ was a serious Oliuusu 10 NJ.
tack an officer In the way shr bad
done. Taking all the circumstances
iuto consideration, however, nu passed
the lIghtssniencc VI hvo dal5 lmpfl.
Unrluut In the county jail.
The defendant hurssif told the court
that she would Ike ~ have certain
property, which was taken from her
dwelling by the officers when the place
WINS searched, restored 10 her. She did
not possess much, but there were
among the nTticlcs certain family
relies which sue valued.
Judge Merritt saii he should, Of
c1urso, direct that they be Restored to
her.
Attorney Corey said he understood
that some u the things were AZ the
city hal, and ,hoy woull no DOUBT be
returned when applied for.
suhs, qlcntly Attorney Corey arose
TO make an explanation In tho interest
Of Sheriff Mcqueen. Something was
yesterday said about the revolver
which figured Ia this caso aud which,
he said, did not leave the sheriff Ia an
altogether enylable light. He desired
10 cay that the weapon never lad been
either In Sheriff Nee lten'. possession
or any other county officer. IL was
held by the city loliCe authorities
under Chief Paul aud by them given
10 tbs woman, under the order Of JUS
tice Gee.
Judge Merritt sail he had known
Mr. Mcqueen for very many years,
aud he thought no one who waa 40
quaintod with MIN would for moment
suspect him Of anything wrong.
cHAEGED THEIR FLEA.
l.. =. Medlar AMI Frank Rice,
youths, VINO had previously plosd not
guilty 20 two indictments charging
them with HOUSEKEEPING aud tuTg.
larry, now, on tue advice Of their at.
turney (H. H. WAttousl, Withdrew
their former plea aud plead guilty
Rice 60 burglary, Nc dlar 10 house.
breaking, which tue prosecution nc
copied.
Counsel asked, however, that sen.
toncu be- deferred Tor the present, as no
would like 10 make some further In
quifies Ia this case. IL was understood
mat the case would DO called up again
ut a later period o! t0day's session.
The defendants were brought In this
afternoon TO receive Judgment. Price
was sentenced 10 three years IN the
penitentiary and Modlar TO Two years.
HART GUILTY.
ThomBs Hart has been found
guilty Ia Chief Justice MoTnlps court
on u charge OF HOUSEKEEPING. The
Defendant was tried on similar charge
Wednesday, having been Jointly IN.
dicted with J. w. Shoemaker, who
entered aploa VI guilty when arraigntd
and WIS sentenced 10 one year In the
penilvntiary, but Hart wa acquitted.
In the second Indictment twas alleged
that Hart entered the room VI Casper
BeasltT In the Telluride block ON De
cember 7, 1898, ana stole revolver.
WHO TOOK THE cANDY2
Ed Lewis, Jamss Collins and John
Dowlen, three young men with
suspicious cast OF c0unttnanCe, wsrs
indicted for forclbly breaking into and
entering q freight car Oh the Rio
Graude Western Railroad company, la
this city, on November g9.h, 1893.
Judge HOwat Auu Attorney Nya pfO-
secuted; Attorney J. a, Williams 10y
request OF tho cJurl) do.Gn ed.
On the date named tho car was
broken into and candy shipped by
CLARK, Elutoigc 4 Co. 10 Iultu 4 Co.,
o. Manii, stolen. Abuu. 10 O'CLOCK tho
same evening the duienIan,s wore
found with u part ol the missing candy
IN their possession. Such " the olnin
made ny tho prosecution. Tho trial
commenced just before noon,
The case went ~ tho jury Jutt before
3 O'Clock anu attVr briuf oOnaulta1iun
convicted Lewis, but found Me other
Two defendants not guilty.