Show CURRENT EVENTS edmunds law prosecutions on feb 16 at ogden winthrop parley farley of ogden was sentenced to pay a fine of and costs amounting I 1 to on a plea of gu guilty J ity of awful unlawful imprisonment was omitted on account of his poor health on feb 16 henry rampton of bountiful was sentenced by judge sandford to ninety days imprisonment and a fine of on a play of guilty of unlawful cohabitation on feb 17 jens jena Mor tensel of brigham city was sentenced to 0 our months imprisonment and the payment of costs on the same charge in the first district court feb 14 wm rounds bounds was sentenced oed to four months in the penitentiary and to pay costs of prosecution his offense was living with his wives wm win C brown pleaded guilty to polygamy and is to be sentenced on WAY maya 8 on feb 19 martin garn was sentenced by judge sandford to four months imprisonment and to pay a fine of on a charge of unlawful cohabitation at provo prove PC Christonsen was arraigned on a charge of unlawful cohabitation to which he pleaded guilty he was sentenced to the penitentiary for ninety days and to pay costs he was also arra arraigned igne d on a charge of adultery and pleaded cleade d not guilty this case caad was continued contina ed for the term in the third district court on feb 20 P F goss GOBS who pleaded guilty ty to a charge of unlawful cohabitation tation was sentenced to pay a fine of 75 a ani nl be imprisoned 85 days in the third district court feb 28 the following business was transacted geor ceorge e manwaring was arraigned mon 0 on a charge of unlawful cohabitation A correction was made in the names of his wives and he entered a plea of guilty sentence was WA set for friday march 1 soren boren jacobsen of east bountiful was caned called next he had pleaded guilty to an indictment charging chargin him with unlawful cohabitation and ang came forward for sentence to judge Sand fords inquiry what have you to say why sentence should not now be pronounced a against ga at ast aw an fn m mr jacobsen ie replied plied nothing gir at all sir air he was then sen teamed to be imprisoned for 85 days and to pay a fine of 75 no costs being imposed F reynolds of south cown cotton received ived sentence sent eum on the first count of a segregated indictment for unlawful cohabitation he was 66 years of age and wae born in new york when he imparted this information in reply to a question by judge sandford the lotter latter looked intently at him for a moment and then proceeded mr reynolds reynoldo presented a physician Is certificate that he was buffe suffering ri from neuralgia of the heart he me was sentenced to pay a fine of 50 and be imprisoned for 50 days david saunders dere of farmington davis da vis count county V was called for sentence on a charge of unlawful cohabitation mr peters stated to the court that mr saunders dere had escaped from the marshal while the latter was bringing him from montana thus entailing 50 extra costs for his arrest in reply to questions by the court mr saunders dere stated that he had a family of fifteen children to provide for his mother was a widow his father had been a soldier in the rebellion and had fought four years in the union army receiving an honorable discharge at the close oi or the war the court remarked if I 1 could know you would go and live as other men do within the law that you would turn over a new leaf tha punishment would be very light lol mr saunders dere could make no promise and was fined and sentenced to imprisonment for days preston lewis of big cottonwood also received sentence on a conviction of unlawful cohabitation he was ordered to be confined in the penitentiary days and to pay line fine on feb 18 paul cardon of logan was non the charge of unlawful cohabitation mrs susannah cardon and john and lucy cardon were examined as witnesses aud and there being no evidence to hold bold mr cardon the case was dismissed on the evening of feb 20 deputy whetstone arrested jens P jensen of logan on the charge of unlawful cohabitation the examination took place next morning when mr jensen pleaded guilty and was bound over in the sum or of 1000 to await the action or of the grandeury gran grand jury djury bishop daynes of hyde park learning that there was a complaint filed against him in the commissioners ners court on the charge of unlawful cohabitation surrendered himself to the officers on feb 20 next day his was held in commissioner goodwins court and there being no evidence against him he was acquitted at ogden on feb 26 the following business was transacted matthews F bell was arraigned on a ch charge e of unlawful cohabitation to which he pleaded guilty sentence was set for feb thomas thom palmer was arraigned on a charge of unlawful cohabit cohabitation ati 1011 on an indictment found jan 1889 to which he pleaded guilty it was represented to the court that defendants fend ants first wife had died a few weeks ago and he had since then remarried the second upon this showing the court suspended sentence at provo on feb 26 the following was done united states vs H W sanderson plea guilty of unlawful cohabitation sentence set for march 4 united unie states vs axel bulgreen Tul green arraigned for unlawful cohabitation plea not guilty united states vs mads jensen unlawful cohabitation plea guilty sentence set for march 4 united states vs joseph reynolds Reynol dw plea guilty to unla unlawful fl cohabitation and sentence set for march 4 united states vs henry mower unlawful cohabitation plea not i guilty guilt y U united cited states vs sarah J san sander der son fornication p plea not guilty fretted united states vs opama emma sanders fornication plea not guilty united states vs aug Swen Swe BOtt postponed until march 4 grand jury came into court and presented forty three indictments in united states cases and four in territorial rit orial cases ignoring accusations against becj dana et al john miller george and L L brown s at ogden on february 1 peter anderson of M morgan 0 county convie convicted tea by his plea 0 of guilty of unlawful cohabitation was called for se sentence n te n c e he stated ht h was 53 years of age had bad two wives married the second four years ago si had one child by her was a farmere farmer owned about thirty or forty acres or of land the court sentenced him to six sil months imprisonment and the payment of costs M F bell of richmond cache county who on tuesday pleaded guilty to the charge of unlawful cohabitation was arraigned for sentence he stated that he was 60 years of age had two wives married the first 87 37 years ago and the second 14 years ago had five chil dreu by the latter the youngest youngea fc child by her was two years old he wasa was a farmer in a small way had but little property he was sentenced to six months imprisonment and to pay the costs of the court mr bells family are in destitute circumstances his children are ab J girls but the youngest and there to 10 no one to care for them while he h Is i one the care of a crippled ter ber 34 years of age falls on the family during his absence thomas jessop of milleville millville MiH Mill ville WOO was before the commissioner on feb 19 10 on an the charge of unlawful cohabits tion but he has been busy railroading for several years past and evl evi dence went to show that he had kept the law A number of acquittals in the third district court on february 13 francis cundick of west jordan was placed on tra tria onan on an indictment for unlawful 00 x habitation the altues witnesses corol sarah A emily J barn cundick cu nelch and john H barnes bames the evidence was that in september 1886 1885 the defendant and his plural W wife ife s separated e m ted mr en 02 deavor deavo red e daft t to oain obtain a conviction but failed the jury returning a vei verdict dat of noi not guilty after being out dut but a joseph C perry of bri brightop Brig htoo cama next on a similar N charge mr peters concluded that he did not have evidence enough to c convict 0 u and on his motion abe ind indictment 1 c t was dismissed mr perry has already served one ne term for livin with two wives esmus rasmus nielson was called wt for trial for unlawful cohabitation B lu been imprisoned once oti A this S the evidence all went to chow bow that he has not even spoken 10 his s plural wife since his bis release hom aoa prison deputy pranks franks was the last wit f ile called for the prosecution and amed to havin having taken mr niel sort n into custody he had gone into uw the house where his plural wife appealed ad to be calling calline to get ge t his big QU w to come to town and answer the c aarde made against him court you say you arrested this mr pranks franks franks yes sir court when pranks last summer some time court who sent you ranka franks I 1 went out on a com issued from the commission ftc a office court have you any information uto his mode of life pranks the complaint was is d upon information received om some of his neighbors I 1 believe court hearsay pranks yes sir Court That is all mr moyle have you any interest ift abe the prosecution of this case mr anks none deputy pranks franks left the stand and abe judge asked have you any to make mr peters betels 1 I have none your honor court C courtr have you any motion to oke mr moyle mr moyle only this that I 1 ink the jury should be instructed to rSS return a verguet of not guilty the ejury jury ggs fabso so instructed and alt lr nielson was acquitted peb 14 harvey L perkins of wewt BOU davis da vis county was ed on a charge of unlawful cocab emola won mrs perkins was called as witness and mr peters asked her it her w husband had a second wife ae defense objected because she avas w the legal wife judge sand ford wad said that had not appeared so 80 the WY was interrogated and it be Set 9 eloped that she was the legal sw the court remarked that the jk wa exempted her and she could not be to testify other wt wit lrene were called among them the 1 I wife who testified that mr king kine had not been in the comey MY of the second wife during the e in the indictment y direction of the court a verdict ari ft was returned by the I 1 A the afternoon the charge of oeun u n lavirol atul cohabitation against jens adsen a of mill creek was called i r i meters said the evidence against 13 V as insufficient to convict and abl Z HV matlon the indictment was assed II 11 sed bodge ge sandford suggested that the t LW 00 bluet have been improperly anted before the grand jury to tio duce them to find indictments a on n W t 4 attenuated testimony but mr be 4 4 cs aa thau thought vt ht the presentation had V peb 16 the case of the U 18 j 01 bennett was tried before JP handford betsy hall daughter of the plural wife by a former husband was first examined but knew nothing at all of the ease case anna dowden the plural wife was examined she had been divorced from the defendant several years and had not lived with him at all during the period covered by the indictment the prosecuting attorney mr hiles admitted that he had failed to make a case and the court after severely censuring the practice of finding indictments on such flimsy evidence instructed the jury to acquit which they did released from prison brother providence was waa released from the penitentiary tent iary feb 23 having served a sentence of three months and paid a fine of 50 and costs amounting to 30 in all 80 he was convicted of unlawful cohabitation on his own plea of guilty on feb 26 brother jeppe jeppeson of brigham city was released from the penitentiary he has served a three months sentence for living with his wives he paid 49 costs imposed on him on the same day lars frantzen of plute county was also released from the penitentiary having paid the fine imposed upon him in addition to a six months sentence for living with his wives the same evening the official announcement no of the pardon of jos H thurber of plute county was received by marshal dyer next morning brother thurber was liberated he was sentenced by judge boreman to four years for polygamy and six months for unlawful cohall cohabitation with a fine added in each case loren harmer of springville Spring ville was also numbered among those released his sentence having been four months for unlawful cohabitation he paid a fine of and 42 costs costa in addition to the imprisonment samuel C cluff of provo was another his term was one of four months the flue fine imposed in his case being 50 and 88 costs william J lewis likewise returned from the penitentiary his sentence was for five months and the flue fine besides costs having served a period of 30 80 days he attended before commissioner norrell and was set at liberty bish bishop john spencer of indianola 0 la T thastle hastle valley emerged from the penitentiary feb 27 after serving a four months sentence and paying a fine of 50 for the offense of living with his wives fatally injured our correspondent S V 0 of star valley informs us that erastus D Mee charn while hunting on the dinst slid down the mountain and was mortally injured he was three miles from home and alone when the accident occurred although he was badly hurt he walked home by going a short distance tance at a time and then re resting n i ceceal he died on the the deceased a e gd was 85 years of age a faithful lat ter day saint holding the office of a seventy he was liked by all who knew him A wife and six children mourn his low loss the funeral services letb web held in aften A aften meeting house on the and many friends attended ward bishopric brother A W carlson was set apa apart A as first counselor to bishop james watson of the nineteenth wardon sunday evening february loth in glace place of brother henry arnold the e deceased and brother joseph delbridge Der bridge was ordained a high priest and set apart as second counselor the brethren were sustained to act in the positions named by unanimous vote of the assembled saints at the same meeting it was resolved owing to the large area covered by the ward as it now stands to divide li it into two or more ia and 2 have a bishopric for each stake library at a meeting of persons interested in the salt lake stake library held feb the proposition to turn the library over to the salt lake stake academy was discussed and agreed to unanimously brother wa willard done was given authority to make arrangements to that end with prof talmage principal of the academy it is understood that the library will remain in its ita present quarters and be open to the public as heretofore but that the academy will have charge of it suicide on the evening of february mal mary Y wife e of enoch sayer of samaria idaho took strychnine with suicidal intent and died early next orning morning m it is thought that she had bad become mentally deranged on account of the conduct and condition of a near anear relative she Is ie well spoken of escapes frore mobs A missionary now laboring in mississippi writes us an account of the escape of himself and his traveling companion from being mobbed on two occasions they have two fields about twenty miles apart between which lies a large town la in passing m ng from one field to the other tte the missionaries generally passed through this town but having occasion lately to make the journey they were moved upon to take a different route not realizing at the time why they should be so impressed but they soon atter after learned that it ft had become known in the town that they were on the road and that a mob had made preparations to give them a reception on their arrival there the taking of a new route caused the elders to escape falling into toe the hands of their enemies they had occasion about three weeks later to traverse re the journey slid and this time in order to purchase some some necessaries they decided to go through town in doing so they noticed three or four men melk standing upon the veranda of a very high building they heard one of the men 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