Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1895-02-07
TIE DISTRICT COURT.
/ c. Williams ATTaIBuSi, Pleads Eol
Gully and Enters a Special Plea
mlLLI0 LINonrlKEs nis TGIAL
Civil Jury Cases IN Hearing Before
Chief Justice Merrltt-Nclllo
DAVIS Convicted, Etc.

JaIgo Barich has boon ngaln on
gavoI todAy with the criminal caInu-
Jar. and Chief Justice Merritt, In his
division, has been trying civil jury
cases.
PLEADS NOT GUILTY.
wa. Hofhcimcr was arraiguod aud
plead not guilty 10 Ru indictment
charging him with PERJURY, alleged to
nave been committed in an answer
which no filed ms su.t in the Third
dntdct court IA which one John
Bluce was plaintiff aud HoinoImvr
.he defendant
wLLlAM8 TAKES EXCEPTION
;. q. Williams plead not guilty 20
TWO counts In au indictment, the int
charging hin with having f1rclbly
entered the otore II Morris r.. Lvau-,
Otwcs! Second South street, on Sop.
tsmbsr Z, 1894; aud tho sscJuI with
a.ealing shot gun valued At sou.
Tho defendant attorney also on.
tered special plea, setting forth that
THIS court has M juI41ictl9u over the
lUfsudant aud no rlght Or authority TO
Hutuiu or Try hiu, Tor the reason that
un January .T.n be was actually re.
Fulng In San Franciscu; that on OF
STOUT that date he was ,Etradi OF nuI
returned from the state OF California 90
llis Territory upon a uquisiii0n nuI
Indictment changing mm with the
crime VI burglary alleged 20 have
been committed I'm Salt Lake County
90 September Z, 1895 that defendant
hat nevug yot been tried upon such
charge, but, ever since he WINS &C..
turned here, bad been In the actual
custody OF the officers u tnls court
DwMuug trial thereon, aui the said ln.
uiuiment had not yet been disposed &C.
Wherefore defendant clsimot this
court hal no authority TO ny him upon
my other charge than the one uioft-
.Hii.
Judge HOwal answered 10 the argu-
mvuts Of Attorney HIfu, tue dUiuud-
auto counsel, the latter cJutuqdiug
iust as tue defendant hau been exc
Haiittd On the one count only, that Ui
tuigihry, ho could DOT now DO gucd on
IHtn charges
me court directed that counsel tlc
hrilit lu tho case btlIre he undertook o.
pags upon %.
CHILLY" LYNCH COMES UP.
William Lynch was then placed on
thai on % charge OF iornicati1n, oil.
irged b. have been committed with the
glri KarfUns at a house OF ill.iAms on
fmuElin avenue, last November.
This CAGE ~ tue out some Of that tried
yesterday ga whiun Nellie Davis was
convicted on charge Of abductiug
Tho girl Kayrona TO the place Ia ques-
lion.
Judge uowat prosecuted; Attorney
=. H.. Armstrong defended.
the caso was In progress aB the
NEWS report closed NJ $3.50.
M WAS DrCuARJED.
Joseph Hunter had his trial yestor
day afternoon, On su indictment UhaTg
Ing him with the theft OF two d1ubit
Fetb OF harness valued at $40, from
William J, CrowthoF, on November 7,
1894. After both sides had rested
Judge BartCh instructed the Jury Il
return verdict u not guilty, winch
they uid, aud thc defendant was die
charged.
THERE WAS NOTHING ~ m.
The case against ". =. Fugatc,
charged with umbtZEling SO ClnimrI
20 belung 90 A, IL. Page, formerly Of
the Walker Huusy, was called up yes
tcrtay afternoon, Judge hUwRt stated
that Page, the prosecuting witness, hbJ
gone 90 France, anu thai u would be
useless 90 10 10 tfinl without him, aud
as Judge Anderson, attorney Tor Flu.
gate, demanded au acuuItlAl by Jury,
Alury was empsuelod anu lorna
verdict VI not guilty returned,
NELLIE DAVIS CONVICTED.
Tho case Of Nellie Davis, charged
with abduotinE Eiith KnTrBuB, u
Lahi, reached tue Jury ABOUT Q o'cloot
yesterday afternoon Eud after Hhor
consultation they returned a verdict o
guilty. February 2Dlh was set $50 Ga,
time Tor IlHriug sentence, nud the do,
l0uuAUt was ttmaudtd 10 tAu custody
Of the Uuite1 States marsHai IN tbs
meaLtimU,