Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1907-08-28
LITTLE DOGC|E
GETS ACQU|TTAL
Takes Stand When Master TeS-
titles and Smiles Winning
ly at Judge.
BOY TALKS IN BATTERY CASE.
Investigation of Charge Laid Against
Railroad Opens up Learned Discus
sion--Somc Language Used.

A little black and white water
| spaniel was the star defendant and
witness before Judge Whitaker in
this mornings session of police court.
The dog belonged to F. T. Margetts
and was charged with being vicious
and biting II. Heagren ana Lewis Hea-
gren. delivery boys When court was
called the little animal was chained
to Judge Whittaker's desk. During
the run of regular cases spot" as the
dog might be called, looked on lazily,
putting up an excellent appearances
OF injured Innocence.
After the two boys had told their
story. saying the dog had a habit of
sinking his teeth into their legs, Mr..
Margetts took the stand. spot"
scampered UP on the stand also and
sitting up as bright as you please
smiled dog-fashion at his honor. Mr.
Margetts said the boys worried the
animal by kicking at him and shuffl-
ing their feet. The case was closed
by having sentence suspended with
the understanding that Mr.. Margetts
viii keep spot" or whatever his name
is chained IN.
Wherupon the acquitted defendant
puppy scampered joyously from the
courtroom. His excellent behavior had
brought favorable verdict.
GUILTY OF BATTERY.
Evertt Roberts. IO-year-old boy,
was tho complaining witness against
Matt. Coleman. charged with battery,
After the boy and his parents had taxi
en- the oath to tell the truth, the
whole truth, and nothing but the
truth" he was questioned by Atty.
DAILY as to his ideas of what the ad-
ministration of an oath means.
Yes, SIR" he answered.
and after you swear to tell the
truth, what would happen If you
didn't"
Il would be punished"
by whom?"
We'll. God would punish me-"
The boy then went on to explain
that Coleman struck him with q
horsewhip, The boys mother took the
stand and substantiated Everetts
story.
Mr.. Coleman was sworn on his own
behalf and. said the Roberts boy had
thrown rocks at his chickens and
been pest generally. Provoked, I
ran after him, swapping the whip to-
scare him and teach him to leave
my chickens alone. didn't mean to
hit him" Coleman was found guilty
as charged by the court and a fine
of $40 was imposed.
TRAIN WAS SPLIT.
A. X. Spencer and William Kirk
man. freight trainmen employed by
the Rio Grande, were defendants in
a street ordinance violation case this
morning. The complaint alleged that
the two defendants while in charge of
a freight train had left long string
of cars standing across Fifth West on
Seventh South street for at least 16
minutes on tie night of Aug. Z. De-
tective Richard Shannon, supt. Hunt
of the street railway company, and
Conductor w. r. Wright, Jr, testi-
fled that car service had been thrown
off schedule and street car passengers
delayed by the action of the trainmen.
Detective Shannon said he was pas
senger on the street car and at last
provoked by the delay, went out to
see what was the trouble He said he
found the trainmen washing up. prep
aratory 10 going off work.
After asking several pointed ques-
tions. Detective Shannon impressed
1t upon the trainmen that people were
greatly provoked by their apparent in
difference to the wishes of others. The
train was then split and the street cars
put into motion again.
A number of other street car EN-.
ployes were In the court room, ready
to testify. but they were not called
VIM. Kirkman. the conductor, took the
stand for the defense.
LEARNED DISCUSSION.
Kirkman's testimony sounded some
thing like this: I'VE shunted In on
the dot; then slowed down; saw a
street car; tried to cut the crossing;
lifted the pin but got no signal from
the engine; the crossing was cut as
soon as possible; saw signal from the
yard caused the engineer to back up;
1t was 10 minutes before we broke:
we had &c cars and long train some
times rests on crossing; I tried 10
cut the crossing on the west side: you
have to get the switch thrown from
the tower rear brakeman gave him
no signal; top man, neither" etc, etc.
Attorney DAILY, with an Easy sta
gos to Railroading" before him, con-
Quoted a fairly technical cross-exam-
nation. Other trainmen appearing for
the defense sprung still more phrases
seldom used or heard beyond the
boundaries of switchyards.
AN OLD TROUBLE.
The purport of this case is to have
the trouble between the city and rail-
roads regarding the blookadnR OF
street crossings by trains brought TO
some sort OF n head. Considerable
comp 'int has been registered by citi-
zens nd the Utah Light & Railway
I'm this connection: II being
trains are allowed TO stand on cross
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