The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1898-05-31

Grom The HeraId's Correspondence
Richfield, May 29-On the 9th of this
month grand jurywas called to inves-
tgate few crimes which were alleged
to have been committed and some laws
which were alleged to have been vio-
lated during the past year or more, and
on the nth of this month made the re-
port that five indictments had been
found, but none were made public ex-
cept that of Clayton Gannett, who was
arrested for selling liquor without a
license. Last night j. Byron Jennings
was arrested on two indictments found
against him by the grand jury. A bond
OF $1,000 was required, Mr.. Jennings
getting J. NJ. Bolitho and S. G. Clark,
both citizens of this city, as sureties,
he left for Gunnison and Nephi by
team this morning.
During the summer of 1897 Gideon
Snyder, who was the junior partner of
the law firm of Jennings & Snyder, be-
came dissatisfied with the way in which
the business was being transacted,
thinking that he was not receiving his
full half of all fees collected, entered
complaint, and at once took the case
to the district court and received a
judgment for, almost all he asked for
Judge William NJ. McCarty, judge of
this district; c. w. Collins, one of the
attorneys for Snyder in his case against
Jennings; John S. Rollo, the official
stenographer of this district. and Gil
deon Snyder, the plaintiff in the case
Of Snyder VS.. Jennings. were before the
grand jury during their late seance,
and, as a result, two indictments of
perjury were found
Following is a brief synopsis of the
report of the grand jury:
The first Indictment against ]. B.
Jennings, alias J. W. Jennings, is for
perjury alleged to have been committed
on the 18th day of July 1897, in the dis
trict court of this county, in the case
of Gideon Snyder VS.. J. 3. Jennings
This indictment is in three counts.
The first count charges that, on the
day and in the case above named. J.
B. Jennings falsely stated that he was
employed by G.. B. Mcdonald of Ranch,
Kane county, in an action entitled G.
b. Mcdonald ct al. VS.. Jedediah Adair
ct al, on or about the 18th of May, 1896
whereas in truth and fact he was not
so employed by C. B. Mcdonald until
the month of August, 1896.
The second count charges that ]. B.
Jennings falsely swo-e that certain ar
ticles of copartnership existing between
him and Snyder were modified by mu-
tual agreement on or about the 1st day
of September, 1886, whereas in truth
and fact the articles of partnership
were not changed in any particular
during the continuation of partner
ship.
The third count charges him with
swearing that he was not in Henderson
county, Texas in 1881, indicted under
the name of John w. Jennings, and
that at that time and place was not
John w. JENNINGS, whereas in truth
and fact he was indicted in Henderson
county, Texas. in 1881, under the name
of John w. Jennings, and that his true
name was, at that time and place, John |
W. Jennings.
The other Indictment has only one |
count, which charges Jennings with |
falsely swearing to an answer filed in |
the case of Gideon Snyder VS.. J. 3. Jen- !
ningS, wherein he sets out as a ma |
terial allegation that the articles of CO.
partnership between himself and Sny-
der were on or about the 1st of Sep |
TENDER, 1885, materially modified. |
whereas the articles of co-partnership |
were never at any time changed or |
modified in any particular.
Mr.. Jennings, with his wife and baby, |
have left for Gunnison, and your cor |
was unable to interview !
him as to how he would plead, but |
anxiety is felt as to the |
of the case.
No more warrants have yet been is
sued for the remaining two whom the |
grand jury found bills against, nor are
their names known