The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1895-12-08
PROVO POINTERS.
Verdict of Guilty Against Edward
RootI,. Who Gets Seven Years.

Booth, VINO OetS SGteh AS"AS'
PROVO, Dec. 1.-THE jury in the case
of the United States VS.. David Thomas,
fornication, came into court this morn
ing after being out all night and an
nounced to the court that they could
not agree upon a verdict and were dis
charged. The jury stood ten for &C
quittal and two for conviction. During
! the progress of this case and the other
one just preceding and one Just after
the court room has been crowded. The
sign S. R. o. would have been very
/ appropriate.
After the Thomas fornication case
was given to the jury the rape case
against Edward Booth was taken up
and if anything could be worse this
case was tougher than the fornIca ton
cases. The defendant, in a drunken
condition, went to the home of Fcosina
Bohi, alias Fret of Payson, about II
o'clock at night and there committed
the crime The jury was out only ten
minutes and returned a verdict of
| trial was made and hearing was set
for December IA. At that time sentence
will be passed.
A very sensational adultery case is
on trial today in the First district
court Benjamin Ralphs is on trial
for the crime. He is a married man
and at the time the crime was COM
mitted was not living with his wife.
The correspondent is a girl about 20
years old She is considered quite
pretty. Her hair is on the red order
and she is fairly we'll educated. Her
evidence was given in a very traSical
manner and very positive as to time
and circumstances. While on the wit
ness stand the girl held her baby in
| her arms, kissing it now and then.
Much sympathy is expressed for her.
She said that Ralphs had wooed and
won her affections; that he promised
to get a divorce from his wife and
marry the witness. In a tragical man
ner she said: Il loved that man point
ing to the defendant), God help me-"
In answer to a question, Did you
offer to furnish the money to the de-
PENDANT to pay the divorce expenses ?"
she said, 'I never did, as God is my
witness. He wooed me by the softest
Establishments that ever man used with
any woman"
| The girl fully senses the disgrace she
is in and at times cannot restrain her.
self. The case is still in progress.
Grand Jury Reports.
The grand jury made their final re-
port today and We're discharged. The
report is as follows:
The grand jury respectively report
that they have fully investigated the
| following cases since the last report
and ignored them as follows: The peo-
pie VS.. Henry Tanner. grand larceny;
the People VS.. Whittoclz & Lundlbrolm
grand larceny; the People VS.. John
Doe, arson; the People VS.. Ralf Rogers,
grand larceny; the People VS.. Newell
West, grand larceny; United States VS..
May Hanely, adultery; United States
VS.. Caroline jacobson, adultery; United
States VS.. Caroline Smith, fornIcation;
the United States VS.. Jeff Carter, I'M
lawful liquor selling; the United States
VS.. Effie Shaw, adultery; the United
States vs.. O. H. Warner, obstructing
United States mail.
| We have been in session three days
all told, during September and October
we were in session ten days and re-
convened November II. We have eX-
amined into 76 cases. Is under United
States and 81 under territorial laws.
We have examined 267 witnesses. found
Sc indictments, ignored 20 and resub-
mitted 2. We have visited the terri
torial insane asylum and county Jail
and find nothing to criticize therein.
We have more business, but the
crowded condition of the trial docket
renders it advisable that we now adj
iourn.
Booth Sentenced.
Edward Booth came into court today
and stated he was ready for sentence
for the crime of rape, for which he
was convicted last evening. The court,
in passing sentence, read the youth a
severe lecture and sentenced him to
the penitentiary for seven years.
A Burglary.
Last evening Mr. and Mrs. Ralph
Poulton, of the Second ward, attended
a concert in the Second ward and
while away from home their house was
entered by burglars. Everything in
the house had been ransacked for
money but none was procured. 1t is
presumed that the thieves thought Mr..
Poulton had taken home with him the
money received in the store during the
| day.