Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1895-10-10
WORK OF HECOURTS
PROGRESS OF CRIMINAL CASES.


oste OF the People VS. G. l.. wileoh. In
dicted for receiving stolen property,
was dismissed on motion VI J. 4.
Richards, assistant u. 5. attorney, be.
cause Of insufficient evidence to con.
Wet.
The hearing on an order to show
cause why an Injunction should not
issue In the case VI II. II. Rsa o. nj w
Abraham Hanauer ., al, sui Tor today,
was postponed lillBaiufday, Oct l2.
In the cssc Of the People " james
Marlio Rnd Thomas a. slringhsm,
Indicted Tor grand larceny, n motion
for continuance WAS argued. anu the
court ordered the U. ). mArshsl 10
bring stfingham In from the peni-
tentiaty.
Tue jury was Out all night In the
case OF Andrew J. HeAdrick, accused
OF assault with deadly weapon, the
particulars ot which trial were given
In the NEWS yesterday. tbs areu.
menis In that body for and against the
defendant are said 10 have been OF an
animated character. Daring tueif ge-
libefAtiona last evening", the lurOfs
came anu ASKED for iurtheT in,tfue-
i,ua o. to tho difference between aS-
rault and assault with deadly weapon.
they retired aud remained out until s
O'CLOCK THIS morning, when they had
reached n verdict. Upon the opening
OF court thls morning this was shown
To be for atquitIal, 10 Headfiek was
discharged.
Tue case OF James Storey, Indicted
for assault with intent to commit RAPE,
wna taken up yesterday afternoon, And
La tubs cAse the facts shown
were that James Storey anu
John Green were OF on spree
last September, anu started home To-
gothor In tuo early morning.. B0ih
we're ubder the influence OF liquor, anu
Green iVll asleep on tho grounu where
hu anu Storey stopped 10 fesi. lie
Afterwards went 10 anOIhur place than
Ills homo to ,oDer up. Meanwhile
Storey hsd gone u Gfuen'a house, be-
fore Mrs. Green WAS up, aud IL Was
thvn that Mite. Green says the attempt
mitted that he was drunk anu has no
cear uc Election OF what ho uid, but
denies that lao went 10 Greeu's aud uiJ
as Airs. Green slates.
Inc trial was Ia progress al the time
OF our going to pr,ss.
Tho People Va Eddie Lazarus, house
breaking; plea Of not guilty with.
drawn, anu plea u guilty 10 Iolit LAT.
- =.
gay the l2lh.
BEFORE JUDGE MERRITT.
The contest OF Florence Atwood for
share Of the Millrn Atwood estate
took the time VI Judge Merritt today,
tue proceedings inv0lviug legal opera.
lions Of no general Interest, at least
until their ELECT IL placed In succincI
form by tho court 90 that 1t may be
clearly shown.
Other buriness was as follows.
EIw. II. Singer vs. 3. l.. CITY Copper
Manufacturing company; order Of put
licalion Of simmons on affidavit u
b. Is. Armour 1t 81 vs. Riverside Mill
Ing and Elevator company; order OF
iuli fSieiouce 10 Ogden Hilei, by c1n-
sent
Faux Hoffman vs. W. l.. Plekard;
case dismissed.
COMMISSIONERS COURT.
A young man named Pitts was sined
tlOlO for shooting ducks more than an
hour before sunrise. A boy named
Spencer was assessed like amount Tor
q similar oiiense. Both cases were
disposed OF In u. s. Commissioner
S1mmeT's court today. The casss were
made out by officer II. o. Heath.
Upon this subject OF duck shooting,
the mother OF one boy called on Judge
Sommer aud stated that she would
have preferred that her son, who had
been lot on easy for violation OF the
game law, had been sent to prison for
a time Instead. He was 30 dlsobsdisnt
that lie would not observe maternal
counsel, and going out shooting Hggin
had met with mn accident. Hls mother
thought that imprisonment would have
not only saved him from the accident
by enforcing u discipline which sue
could not, but would have been
wholesome suggestion that the mothers
advice was OF some weight at least
from legal point Of view.
NEW SUITS.
In addition TO the two damage cases
referred 10 elsew here, the following
suits were filed today, in the Third dis.
trint oourl;
Tho Salt Lake Building aud Loan
Association OF Utah VS. Joseph Davies
and Sarah Dawes, Tor $500 damages
and costs for alleged unlawful posses.
zion Of part OF lot s, block 10, plat q,
Salt Lake City survey.
Geo. Il. Romney and David Ecolos,
doing business as the Pacific Lumber
W. Chrlstophrr tAlstOn, on a
note for 1891 45,giyen May
., 1893. Win Interest, the note now
amounts to s70S.SO.