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Show SSiiiiti LUUili. The John 0. 'Harper Case Dismissed After si. Thorough Hearing. Charles D. Smith, cf SaSt Lake City, Found Guilty cf Adultery at Sal! na. The Petit Jurors Excused Until Tuesday, Until VVhicSi Time Court Adjourns. The first case called up on Thursday morning was that of the United States vs. John Harper, of Payson. charged with unlawful cohabitation, alleged to have been committed with Fanny Coombs. Several witnesses were examined ex-amined and the case was given to the jury, who returned a verdict ;i not guilty. The case of Charles D. Smith, adultery, adult-ery, was then began. The offense was ; alleged to have been committed in July, ISSfJ, with AnniTlIdokenlufnlder, at Salina, Utah. The plaintiff took the stand and testified she had known the defendant two years; that on. or about July 28th, he came to the Knighton hotel. Here they bcc:une ! quite friendly and a walk was proposed pro-posed by Smith. It was then about 7 o'clock in the evening. Trey wa!::cd up the Main street, and from t!n-ie went, to the outskirts of the tov. n. ! where he committed .the uSoiisr. still Icorn ehi-d was tin? resiili.ui: ' . S stated that its father was Snsi:.!;. ! I declared she had never had in;u-course in;u-course with anyone else. Mary Gates was the next witnei??. I liye in Salina; have known the plaintiff plain-tiff ever since her childhood; aiwaxs thought her t o be a good and vutu;.: girl; know the defendant. I was li cit in April and waited on the plaiin-;iT. during her confinement. She :;i;aj i that Smith was the father. Saw il.c.l child after it was taken up. Mrs. Mary KingLtun knew tiie plaiu-tiff; plaiu-tiff; she was living with nn ;.l iiU: time of her coiifinemenl; she st.stc-l j that Smith was tiii father it the I ai-e I Her character vva;, before' this occurrence. The defendant. Ciias. P. i.iuiiii, then took the sta!ii in his own l.eiiail. Live in Salt Lake; am married; am 45 years of age. Have sixteen children; chil-dren; three daughters anil two su.is are married. For the last .sein years have been in the employ of Z. ('. M. I. of Salt Lake. Know Ilanm Ibi .'a n -tumbler; not intimately acqi!:i:!n:- i with .her;' never had any in'u-j with her. or antl,iii of';j serio.! ; I ture. The case was then argued on j sides and submitted to ihe jun,w!ioj after remaining out for an hour re turned a verdict of guilty. T. C. Pavel vs. II. Paio'.i.; a al.; demurrer to coinphtiut s.;;;iu:!i.'(! ;ts a ! misjoinder of parlies and ch h.;; exceptions ex-ceptions taken. John (. Jones ys. Provo City ilaii-road ilaii-road Co., diiaifened without prejudice. The grand jury came in and reported the following cases ignored: United Slates vs. Thomas Stiilworthy, Jr.. John Rrasher, Don C. Snow, li -rum .orth and Andrew Taegraw. Tiie cases of United State.- -s. Adelbert Cazier and Roliv; r ii. Watts, unlawful cohabitation., uv e resubmitted to the next giand jury. Court then adjourtitd until i o'clock Fridav morning. FKIDAY. Court convened at 10 o'clock. The case of Jos. -lhirthohwiiew. adultery, was called. The defenf'lan; appeared and was given untd the 22nd to file li is plea. B. W. Driggs: adultery; fur:n-;r plea of pot guilty" withdrawn ami -one of guilty entered. Sentence deferred until February 2S. United States vs. Henry Mower; unlawful un-lawful cohabitation; called for iriai. Further progress was temporarily stopped, stop-ped, however, by the appearance of the grand jury, who reported the finding find-ing of six indictments and one ignored. The case against Mower was resumed, resum-ed, Henry Tanot was the first witness. wit-ness. Live at Fairview; know Mr. Mower; know Mrs. Elizabeth Mower and Jane Mower, I have" known Eliza Mowerever since she has been his wife: she bore the reputation of being his plural wife: liovina his second wife h-L-a family; Eliza Mower lived two mi lea out cf town; Mower h::s not live ' wir1: l:er for fifteen' years. ' Since th-'vj i.e. has lived w;th Ilovhri. Don't !.-;-.. whether-or not. they live -is m-.u: wife now. P ith wives live in t'.Jo..-;i..L neighborhood. Am on good terms i with Eliza. Don't think that, both families are on speaking terms. lie married .Elizabeth thirty jears ao; hail a wife living when he nr.irneu Elizabeth: her name was Susan Strong, he married her in the States. Sa.-an Strong lived several years after he married her; she died: 1 know that t h died as his wife. Elizabeth Mower was next ealie-d: Am the wife of Mr. Mower; marriv'.: him in 1S57, in Salt Lake, was n--t then sealed to him, was inarrit d tumor tum-or five years befire 1 was m a'e.l - t-.j hitr.; went through second marriage .' in 1&75, the first marriage w;is consummated consum-mated in 1851; I e first wife died in lSo(5; I have not Uen divorced; have a family of 'children, all grown up . Mower hasn't done anything for me for fifteen years. I hardly ever see him, lie came to my house in regard to a divorce. This is the only time he has been there.- IL-fused to live with him. I broke off our marriage relation rela-tion fif teen years a go. Last t wo m -.r-riages were after Susan's death. Rovina Mower was the next witness: I married Mr. M-nrer twenty-five years ago last October I ceased to live with him as his wife He claims ins as his wife, and have family of children by him, the youngest one being fifteen years old. The last year h-.i ha-; lived on the farm. He's away most of tan ; time, la slays there when he is in town. The- place belongs to him. Elizabeth Mower was rscalled. Mower did not claim me as his wife, lie 'claimed I left him. lie gave me some property and wanted nic to come lack to him. Was not reputed as bp-ing bp-ing his plur.il wife. The case was then argued by Varian and King, at the conclusion of which Judge Blackburn instructed lli.-m and then handed the jury over to Deputy Bachman, and they retired. Benj. Bennett, fornication; was the case next called. Owing to the absence of some important witnesses it was laid over until they could be had. Lorenzo T. Ilerrou, on a charge of adultery, was arraigned and the statutory statu-tory time was taken jn which to plead. Samuel 11. Wilcox was arraigned on a charge of unlawful cohabitation, and the statutory time was taken in which to plead. Neil II. Jensen, unlawful cohabitation; cohabita-tion; statutory time taken in which to enter a plea and the order of forfeiture of bonds set aside. i,;,V;!: '' -' ";r,-r vvrre discharged u?i-i u?i-i H, ;:-'.J-V i! z !. o'cloc::. i i (. ii;;.- viewer ca:,e :-rj i 5,5 -r;ii r;--ii!;n':I ;! verdict of guiltv. ! ,V'i'-'i""-e e-CiWed "til 10 o'clock i .1'.; al.-'-y i:,-r:;-:"z. ! fr';"'V"':'. y,,:'i '''' v:' eost. of j r''if J' :! r::."! :n:tn " 'uesday morn- |