Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1903-09-05
ARRANGEMENTS
IN COURT TODAY
Judge Morse Listens to the Pleas
Of ten Prisoners, Among Them
James A. Luke,
INDICTMENT CHARGES PERJURY.
Walter Edgar Arranged Charged With
Attempting to Wreck salt
air Train

Arralgnments we're the order Of bust
ness IN Judge Morses court again to-
day. Ten prisoners faced the court
and all but three entered pleas OF not
guilty 10 the various charges against
them James A. Luke was the llrst
defendant arralgncd The indictment re-
turned against him by the grand jury
on July Z, charges him with perjury 1t
alleges that on July Is, 1900, Luke filed
an AFFIDAVIT for an attachment in JUS
ticc Kroegers court against w i,
Ellis in which he dcposed under oath,
as grounds for the issuance Of the at
tachment, that Mr. Ellis was about TO
depart from the state to the injury OF
his creditors The indictment charges
TINT Luke well knew when he filed
the affidavit that the statements con-
tanned therein were untrue, The time
for entering a plea to the Indictment
was set by the court. upon motion OF
Il. A. Walton, attorney for Luke, for
Tuesday. morning. Sept. 5, at 10 o'clock.
YOUNG EDGAR ARRAIGNED
Walter Edgar, the 15-year-old boy
who on Aug. 3, attempted to wreck a
Saltar train, entered plea OF not
guilty TO the charge OF placing an OBJ
structioE upon a railway track. The
boy was accompanied In court by his
mother and his attorney A. -, Elder
IRENE HALL ALSO.
Irene Hall the colored woman, who
created panic on Franklin avenue
on the morning Of Sept l., by at
tempting to shoot her husband and a
colored woman named Hattie Wilson,
entered q plea of not guilty 10 the
charge OF assault with n deadly weapon
with intent to do bodily harm,
MoREToN SAYS NOT GUILTY.
A plea OF not guilty was entered by
william Moret0n TO both informatlons
against him. One information charges
him with battery and the other with
resisting an officer Moreton made an
assault upon Deputy Sheriff Joe Sharp
at Callers park on June 10 and knock
ed out several OF the deputy's toeth.
Afterwards when Deputy Sheriffs
Sharp, Steele and Edwards attempted
put up hard fight before he was
subdued.
GRAND LARCENY CHARGED,
Bessie johnson was arraigned on the
charge OF grand larceny and entered
plea of not guilty TO the same. Il Is
charged that she stole $50 from the
person of Robert Wilson on Aug, z.
CHARGES AGAINST COHEN.
Samuel Cohen was arraigned on three
informations charging him with recelv-
ing stolen property. He entered pleas
of not guilty to all OF them. On March
26, he Is charged with having received
two bars OF copper bullion, valued at
$40 which were stolen from the High
land Boy smelter on April 1, he is
charged with having received SIS pounds
of brass, valued at 12h cents per
pound, stolen from the Rio Grande
Western Railway company, and on tho
same date. 6ls pounds OF brass OF the
same value and an oil lubricator valued
at $40. which were stolen from the Ore
gon short Line Railroad company.
PETIT LARCENY CASES.
Fred Taylor was granted until Tues
day, Sept. s, to enter his plea to the
charge OF petit larceny. II Is charged
that Taylor stole $3.50 from Sarah
Taylor on July 20,
william Carlson and Oliver Erickson
who were arraigned yesterday morning
today ertered pleas Of not guilty to the
charges OF burglary and petit larceny
ATTEMPTED GRAND LARCENY.
William Hayden. who was also ar
raigned yesterday on the charge OF
attempting to commit grand larceny
today enterd demurrer to the In
formation, Atty. Soren X. Christensen
argued the demurrer for defendant ana
D'st Atty. Elchnor argued for the
state. The coart took the matter under
adysement until Tuesday morning at
10 o'clock, at which time Hayden viii
enter his plea