The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1896-09-30

transacted before Judge Hatch in the
Fourth district court today as follows:
W. H Grant VS.. George Nicholes ct
al. Judgment rendered in favor OF
plaintiff. Suit was on contract on pur-
chase of a jackass and was appealed
from the Justices court at American
Fork. Judgment of this court award
ing plaintiff possession OF the animal
reverses that OF the lower court.
A suit for an accounting by James
Dunn, guardian, brought by George
Buxton. was heard in part. Both par
ties are OF Provo. In 1874 divorce
was granted and $3.50 of the father
estate was set aside for this plaintiff
for his maintenance. education and
support. The distribution of that
trust has not been satisfactory TO
George Buxton, who is no'w of age,
and he is asking for an accounting.
He is represented by J. E. Booth as
counsel Mr.. Dunn is represented by
]. B. Maiin.
Demurrer to the information filed
recently against Charles Bollwink1e,
the semi-deDlented tramp recently ar
rested for breaking into the house OF
John Jensen, at Mapleton, on Septe1n-
Der is, was entered, argued and sus-
tanned. Defendants attorney demand
ed release of the prisoner on this
ruling, which demand was not granted.
Had it been no doubt the tramp would
have taken the first train for Colorado.
He has a few dollars in cash in his
possession. A new information will
be fled against him tomorrow.
The familiar case against Attorney
Joseph E. Crooks, of Payson, which
was recently dismissed on account of
defects in the papers issued by the
lower court, at Payson, on which
Crooks was brought into the district
court, again came up on arraignment
on Information filed on the ruling of
Committing Magistrate DeMoisy, OF
this city, before whom Crooks was
taken after being dismissed on the
former information, which was defec-
tive owing to errors of the lower court
at Payson, and who held him to an
swer A demurrer to this last informa-
ton was interposed by defendants
counsel e. a. Wedgewood, and is be
ing argued by him as this report
closes. The demurrer is entered upon
several grounds, chief of which, that
the offense charged, procuring an
abortion" is not public offense, not
an offense known to the statutes. Pro
curing a miscarriage seems to be the
legal name of the offenSe charged,
which is abortion. Coupled with this
ground Is the OIuST STOullu, lIldl Dc-
cause of this the offense is not charged
directly and specifically rs required by
statute. A further ground is that IL
he is charged with an offense by the
Information he is charged with several,
as the wording of the paper is very
profuse. saying that he procured a
drug, induced Rachel Davis to take it,
procured an instrument, used it on her,
induced her to use lit on herself, etc.
The ofrense, it is alleged. was COM
mitted on or about June l last.
NOTES.
Marriage licenses were issued today
by Clerk Jones as follows: Henry NJ.
Olmstead and Emily Petersen, both of
Lehi: Lewis S. birmingham and Emma
A. Lanceford both of Lake View;
James William Green and Emily
Houghton, both Of Springville; Samuel
Dean and Rosetta. Householder, both
of American Fork; Anton Torgensen,
of Koosharem, and Ann R. Nicholes
OF American Fork.
Arrowsmith & Bullock, doing bust
ness at the west end as grocers, today
closed their doors. The business has
not been profitable. 1t is reliably
given out that no creditor of the firm
will lose a cent