Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1899-05-22
RICHFIELD.
Sensational Day In Court school Oradas
ate. and Commencement i,srci,s..
Special Correspondence.

Special Correspondence.
l,lchhcld. scylrr Co. May si.--Fh.
day was marked In tho district court
here by business and sensations
First thing after court opened. chris.
tlan Hansen. formerly u Denmark.
was admitted 10 citizenship
Then the jury filed into court with H.
sealed verdict In the case u g. W. Col.
| Illus W Butler. NO cause % action "
plalntn IN this case d one pf the
mest prominent attorneys IN this dls.
tricL and while In partnership with I,
]. Stewart ~ this city some two years
age, dld certain legal business for de-
PENDANT Tor which q charge " ~ was
made. Defendant paid So NJ the
amount. faye his note Tor tho remain,
der ana later on pulled out u the mud
two loads OF hay that belonged tn Mr.,
Stewart. then u law partner with plain
TN, Defendant held That drawing
the hay out ~ the mlre was worth AZ
much aH the drawing NJ leRal papers.
ana 20 refused 10 pay the note he had
given. and u seems that tho jury IN
the Justices court ~ we'll aa IN tho
district court took the same view 81
the cnro-thnt hnlf n day ~ manual
labor N worth IN much as half ID DAY
OF profcfaional work,
After the jury was discharged. but
while Yet IN the court room, Mr, Col.
Tins told the lur,mcn that they were
dishonest, Tor. rnii he. mo honest man
would Hirn such verdict" This TO-
mark nettlcd tho Jurymen, and they In,
formed the court through the thrrIn
OF what had been said 10 thrm. The
court thcrounon ordered the county
attorney 20 cite Mr. Collins % appear
for contempt ~ court. aud an affidavit
sworn 10 by one OF tho iurymcn being
filed, the sheriff summoned Collins be-
fore tho court, when he asked ana was
given until tho 20th inst. TO plead. an
nwer or demurrer Ia tho charge pre-
forrcd against him.
TIlURsToN DIVORCE CASE.
Next came on the Thuraton divorce
ease. Mrs Thurfton. who Nv plaIntln
herein, testified ~ 90 how her husband
has mlstreated her and her childfln hy
starving them or feeding them ON brnn
ana shorts, and that he had also de- |
serted them, but she admitted that she /
had left her home ana gone TO live with /
her former husband from whom she |
was divorced, After the evidence fpr |
plnintin WAS all In, defendant moved ]
for and was granted a non-Huit m tho l
ground that tho evidence would NOT ]
support a Judgment. This N the 500.
ond time that Mrs. Thurlton has been
denied u divorce.
COURT BRIEFS.
The case OF lusk w stewart--an ac.
ton 10 quiet title-was dismissed with.
out prejudice on the ground that thIs
was the wrong Kind Of action % az.
tain the end desired.
The demurrer IN the case ~ ChaA
Nielsen W. Jos. s. Horne ct al was sus.
tanned,
The hearing on demurrer In the ease
NJ Tom Ferguson Va James NJ, Nielsen
was rel for hearing on the goth Inst,
Judge Mccarty. Reporter Role T. J.
stewart and V. Rapp. Eaqrs. lcft This
10 attend court In Wayne !
county,
HEAVY FROST.
There was a heavy frost hero last
ilght-ln fact. there have not been q
lalf dozen nights here during AVN
md May when Il has not frozen. We
iad warmer weather IN February and
'iaroh than we are having now.
GRADUATING ENERcIsEs
The illohneld Opera house was Wen