The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1909-02-06
DISTRICT COURT NOTES

Trial has commenced in Judge Lewis
I division of the district court of a suit for
$50, Iso damages brought by Ralph Hud-
son, through o. @. Hudson. his father.
as guardian sd litem, against the Denial
tar Bottling company. The boy, who is
but is years Of age. was struck by glass
from q bottlinE machine on Aug. IS. 1901,
His left eye was destroyed and the right
eye, he states, was permanently injured
Negligence on the part OF the company is
charged in not having provided a proper
screen for the machine.
Judge Lewis yesterday sentenced Fritz
Rufeners aged II years, to the state in
dustTisl school Rufener pleaded guilty
to forgery, He found a bank book Of
George F Wendell on the lions Savings
bank and withdrew $50 Of Wendel's ac-
count.
T. B. Gibson Is being tried before Judge
Lewis on a charge OF embezzling 800
from the Theatre Publishing company in
November last. Gibson collected the mon
ey from firms in the city and fled to Cal
ifornia, whence he was brought back on
extradition proceedings.
Elizabeth Brooks filed suit in the dis
trict court yesterday asking for a divorce
from Ed Brooks and the custody of their
at Galveston, Tex, Jan. TO- 1925, and she
says that he abandoned her more than
year ago.
The suit brought to establish the right
Of the children of Mrs. Anna Bradley
to a part Of the estate OF former United
States Senator Brown, whom Mrs. Brad
ley shot in Washington, has been still fur
Their continued by the attorneys for Mrs.
Bradley until May 3. II was to have come
before Judge NJ L Richie yesterday
Judge Richie yesterday dismissed the
suit brought By Horace 3: Thompson
against the Redmsn Van & Storage com
pany for 200 for goods lost In the
burning Of the compeny's warehouse Nov.
10, 1907. The dismissal was upon the plain
uffs motion.
TIE case against Jack Davis, who with
Ola Hayden Is charged with shoplfting
will be tried before Judge Lewis on Mon
day. The pair were arrested in Novem-
Der for stealing from the Cohn Dry
Goods company. Several hundred dollars
worth of plumber was found in their
rooms
Application for injunction has been made
by the J. W. Payne Optical company to
restrain the Wasatch Supply company and
Sheriff Joseph c. Sharp from levying, IN
der execution, on goods at the Payne
companys place OF business, 30 South
Main street 1t is alleged that the Payne
company gave notice Of appeal from a
Judgment obtained against it by the Wa
Satch company and filed a proper bond in
spite Of which a second execution was IS
sued which Il asks be restrained.
N. A. White, a blind man. who sells
newspapers for living, yesterday filed a
suit for $1,000 damages against Salt Lake
City, George Williams. the Sunrise cafe
and the Clayton Investment company, in
the district court. White saws that he
sustained permanent injuries By falling
into a chute over the sidewalk in front
OF the Sunrise cafe Oct. 20, 1913. The city
is charged with negligence in not having
kept the walk clear, the Clayton Invest
ruent company owned the building and
leased to Williams, who sub-let il to the
cafe. The claim of White was presented |
to the city council and denied.
Damage suits brought by Ora Haley |
ana 3. r. Saunders against the Oregon |
Short Line and Union Pacific railroads |
asgregating s5.631- g were dismissed by /
in Judge George q. Arm
strons's division Of the district court yes
terday. They were brought to recover |
damages for delay in the carriage Of /
sheep from Utah, Idaho and Wyoming to /
Z. K. Ritter obtained a verdict from a /
jury in Judge NJ L Ritchie's division OF I
the district court yesterday against Ezra /
Thompson and James D. Murdoch for /
.sle- due on the construction Of the /
Second South street IN 1861. Ritter sued 1
ior sl.54s-5o and interest from March T. i
s09. A counter-claim WIS filed setting
'orth penalty for not finishing the
building on time and charging the sub /
ititution Of inferior material and failure
he building claimed that there vas due
hem s. So