Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1894-09-28
CRIMINAL TRIALS.
Charles Thisds Nov Puts In his Plea
Of Not Guilty.
A MOTION FOR A NEW TRIAL.
Qulnlau aud Eddy Re-appeared To-day.
STANDARDIZATION by Judge Mer.
rltt.-Ci,l Matters.

trade In Judge Barioh's division Of the
Third district court again today. Chief
Justice Merritt turned out new citzsns
during almost tbv entire forenoon,
much to the vexatlon u number Of
attorneys, who patiently waited to
bring up cases on the law anu motion
list.
ouINLAN's CASE SET.
Dan Quinlan, the keeper OF a saloon
on State street, aud VINO was mixed w
IN the recent Calder's Park "snootlng
contest" plead not guilty 10 an indict.
ment charging him with having no.
.aulted Is. +. Walker with n deadly
weapon, towii; n loaded pistol, on Aug.
l5th, 1898, with intent 10 do 10 lily
harm. ihe case was set for trial on
Tuesday next.
A REFORM SCHOOL BIRD.
Leon Wright, boy Of sixteen,
whose oflensc was burglary, he anu
another youth having broken into the
second hand store Oi Alfred tsom, on
March 18th Of the present year, came
up Tor sentence.
Assistant District Attorney Howat
thought this was a case In which the
Reform school might be substituted
tor the Tonitebtlafy.
After briefly occurring the defendant
Judge Baflch dir,cc cd that lac be- taken
10 the Ogden Reform School aud there
detained until ~ yests Of age,
". 81. sTEwART-OsE YFAR.
VIM. NJ. stewart, convicted ycster.
day OF assault with intent % murder
next appeared for punishment.
During n row ut the Leadville house
Ia this city Stewart useu n razor upon
oue Dick Atwood anu Inflicted n dan.
geTous gssh upon his throat. For
time Attwood's recovery was doubtful.
The defendant, who NJ one
time held the position Of post
master at ~. Louis, Missouri,
was sentenced TO one yesr In tue pcni.
Tertiary, the Jddge femafking that the
circumstances showed the case 10 be
an aggravated Que, even though some
provocstion might have been offered.
WANTS ANOTHER TRIAL.
In accordance with previous ar.
rangement, Attorney Corey moved
ior new trial Ia the case VI Samuel
Jarmuth, the youth who ON Mcdnts-
day last was convicted OF grand lar
cuuy, 1.-THE stealing Of n horst, buggy
and haTntss.l Frank Johnson, his
co-defundant, II will DO remembered,
plead guilty and was sentenced ~
three yeafs' imprisonment.
The grounds upon which the motion
was based were three In numbef-in-
suiiiciency Of evidence 10 Justify the
verdict, newly discovered testimony
aud "sufpri,e which ordinary pfu.
deuce could not have guarded against"
Counsel introduced n couple Ut aiiliav-
its In snppOh Of his application. fns
one was by the defendant johnson,
made and signed June l4th, 1894. AM
auus statement herein was altogether
AT variance with the evidence which he
gave on the witnsusstand when called
hy the defense ON Jarmulh's trial THE
week. In that affidavit johnson de-
claTed that Jatmutn was Innocent VI
the crime charged against him; aud
that he NJ informed Detective Sheet;
that he had been acquainted with JaT-
muth about two days before his arrest,
anu that he voluntarily made this
affidavit ~ that M innocent might not
suffer.
The second affidavit was By Tailor
W. r. hNAFs " AAAt NNAhN9 lAlf NhN
bore date September ssh, 1894, Aiiiaut
says that about the month o. June
Johnson told him that Jafmuth was
innocent OF the crime charged, that he,
johnson, alone was guilty aud tina.
JHrmu,h had "noIhing Whatever 10 do
with IT," lie lutthet stated that nc
told Detective Sheets this at the time
VI the arrest
The prosecution opposed the motion.
Judge BattCh asked Mr. Corey what
he proposed to prove, and counsel
answered that II n new trial were had
II would throw aside altogether the
evidence Oi johnson NJ the late trial,
Judge Battch--upon what gfuunu2
Attorney CUroy-On the ground VI
perjury.
Judge HOwat--C0unsel wants 10 im'
peach his own witness ana says that II
he obtained n new trial he would mol
call him.
The court said ho would like to hav,
an affidavit from Detective Speets,a nd
Ia order that this might be submitted
the case went over until tomorrow
morning, when sentence will be passes
n COrey's mOIlOu does not carry
ImEDE's PLEA.
Charles Thiede presented the same
nonohAlant drmuAnoI whon called VI
To llNhu thlh UluNNlNA ~ Ht hlh Nhtt