The White Pine news. [volume] (Treasure City, Nev.) 1868-1906, 1900-05-10
DIST. COURT PROCEEDINGS.
johnson convic Other Cases.

DOb pfeslulng.
The first case to be tried was that of
the State vs.. Lawrence Dick johnson,
under indictment for Grand Larceny.
A jury was secured without difficulty,
composed of the following gentlemen
Joseph Oxborrow, Fine Mollison, Jos
Bessalo, Martin Peterson, Dan Hend :
rix, c. F. Muir, julius Johnson, John
L. Whipple, Gabriel Zanoli, B. F. Har-
rison, Jos. Buzetti and d. f. Hagans.
The State was represented by District
Attorney Walker and the defendant by
Hon. Thos. Wren.
The witnesses for the prosecution
were John A Carlson, ira J. Mcknight
and VIM. Ross, all of Cherry Creek,
and Ed Mulvahill who at the time the
crime was committed, was in charge of
Currie's ranch about thirty miles north
of Cherry. The testimony in substance
was sf follows:
About one O. clock p. NJ. on March Il,
1900, the defendant hired horse from
Carlson's livery stable in Cherry Creek
to go down to the Star mill and the
wood camp in search of work. As he
failed to return within a reasonable
time, Mr.. Carlson made inquiries of
parties who were coming in to the dance
and learned that the defendant had
been seen riding north at some little
distance of from the main road and
evidently headed toward the railroad.
Ira Mcknight and VIM. Ross started
in pursuit the same night and about
day break the next morning they ar
rived at Currie's, and found the miss
ing horse and saddle in the stable. On
enquiring at the house it was learned
that the defendant had left only few
moments before, taking an easterly dir
ection afoot through the sagebrush.
He was soon located hiding in hollow,
and was finally persuaded to return
peacably with his captors to Cherry
Greek. The most damaging evidence
of his intention to steal the horse and
saddle was afforded by his action in
running to hide when Mcknight and
Ross appeared on the scene and by cer-
tain admissions which he made to them
on the trip back to Cherry, to the ef
feet that he had been headed for Toano
and If they had been little later they
would never have caught him.
The only witness for the defence was
tho defendant himself, who admitted
most of the essential facts brought out
by the prosecution, but denied that he
had intended to steal the horse and
saddle having intended, as he claimed,
to send them back to their owner as
soon as he obtained work, which he
had hoped to get in Clover valley.
The case went to the jury about p.
NJ, and IL returned in about fifteen min
utes with a verdict of guilty. The
Court set Thursday at p. NJ. as the
time for sentence.
In the case of the State VS.. 7. Boene
who is under two indictments
for assault with intent to kill, the ac-
cused pleaded mot guilty" in both
cases. As he was unable to secure coun
sci, both cases were passed for tho term
with the consent Of the District Attor-
ney.
The Coberly case was also passed for
the term for the same reason.
The trial of the case of Lewis Carpen-
ter vs.. Herman Bress ct al. was begun
before the Court on Monday afternoon.
The evidence was all taken but the ar
gumentswere postponed for the present.
In the case OF J. w. Adams vs.. Thos.
Freehill, by agreement between the
parties judgment was entered grant
ing the plaintiff immediate possession
of the property in dispute on payment
of the costs of suit.
The case OF +. J. Brossemer ct al. VS.
VIM. Roberts ct al. was begun on Tues
day morning and has occupied the at
tention of the Court ever since, with a
prospect that it will take several days
yet to come. T.. S. Harrington of Elko
and G. A. Bartlett of Eureka are the
attorneys for the plaintiffs and Thos.
Wren and c. A. Walker for the defen-
dants. A jury was secured without diff
ficulty as follows: Jos. Buzetti, Geo.
Fisher, ]. II. Howard, {. NJ. Clayson,
John Cordano, Jos. Oxborrow, Julius
johnson, A. H. Kooken, d. +. Hagans
John Stinson, John Strong and Dan
Hendrix.
The suit is to recover $1,000, the
value OF certain ores extracted and
shipped by the defendants from piece
of ground which is claimed by both
parties to the suit under rival locations,
the Comanche and Last Chance, and
the testimony is confined chiefly to
proving the boundaries of these claims.
The plaintiffs rested their case yester-
day afternoon and the defence was ex-
aiming it's witnesses when we went TO
press last evening.
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