Show J s B1 TAYLORS CASE Mr al jan Knj ked Out By i31dge PoWers AND ASKS FOR AN ACQUITTAL ice Sacdakcr Convicted of Adultery Commuted Com-muted With His Sisteriu Law The Other Courts The caspof the United States ys Joseph E Taylor phargedvwithunlawful cohabitation cohabita-tion was jtikon up in the Third district court yesuuday Judge Powers and LoGraud YoiAng appearing for the defendant defend-ant and Messrs yjirlau andiCritchlow prosecuting pro-secuting When the jurors were called CM Brown John Sn > e11i William Thompson and it W Crane weivj excused jand the iioilow ing juvors wore sworn totry the case C O Fuvusworift David H Ide G O Dickinson George Lttpt J F Robinson L W Dittman Daniel Clays J A Morlan W H Sells Arnold WallThomas Harris and Andrew Hilling The indictment whiteh was foundjnlSSG contained fiva counts covering a period from December 1SS3 to 1880 and alleged that the offense was cot emitted withLouisa R Taylor Lisadore W tiliams and Jane M Hanks The prosecutor elected to proceed on the first count which covered a period of time from December 2 1833 and June 1884 Jane M Casper an alleged plural wife of the defendant and a witntess for the prosecution prose-cution was called but fafted oresppnd and her bond was declared forfeited Louisa R Taylor was then called She testified I was married to the defendant in 1853 but have not lived vith him for over thirteen year6Was divorced from him last month I first learned that my husband hus-band had married Usadore Williams in the summer of 1S75 or 1876 and they went to live in the old plaoo just east of my house It was some time before I got to know her by sight but for some years past I have seen her pass my house frequently fre-quently I cannot recollect ever having been the defendant and Lisadore Williams together between December 2 1SS3 and May 311SS4 I was divorced from Mr Taylor last month He has not visited my house for four or fivw years I know Jane M Hanks She resides at Heber and is reported to be the endants wife She has nine children Do not know just when her youngest child was born She generally gener-ally comes to town once a year JJo Judge PowersI cannot say when I first became acquainted with Lisadore Williams Wil-liams I have not spoken to her for twelve or thirteen years past I cannot swear positively that I saw Jier at her home between be-tween the dates named in the indictment I first heard that thQ defendant was married mar-ried to Jane Hanks in 1S75 They separated separ-ated some years ago She is now reported to be married to another man She has been married three times and had seven children by her first husband Mr Hanks I have not lived with the defendant for over thirteen years To Mr Critchlow Jane Hanks had two children by the def eridairt Mr Critchlow Didithey get a church divorce di-vorce The Witness Yes Judgo Zane Well a church divorce doesnt amount to anything Judge PowersIt has been held by this court that a church divorce if f ollowed by 1 a separation might be taken as showing the intention of the parties Judge Zane That has been misrepresented misrepre-sented This court never so ruled The church would have no more right to grant a divorce than you would or any man on the street A church divorce amounts to no more than a blank sheet of paper The testimony as to the church divorce was stricken out and continuing the witness wit-ness said It was reputed several years ago that my sister Jane Hanks and the defendant de-fendant had separated Lisadore Williams testified I was married mar-ried to Joseph E Taylor over thirteen years ago He went away a short time before the indictment was found Prior to his departure he lived with mo as his wife I know Jane Hanks It is njot a fact that in 1SS1 she was accustomed coming to my house to live She has ntt been at my house for over six years H er youngest child is now about eight years old Mr Critctilaw Then in 18S3 the child was about six mentis old I The Witness W sll you do the sum Judge PowersI move to strike the question ques-tion out on the ground that it is false arithmetiC arith-metiC rLauehter7 To Judge Powers The defendant was not at my hpme between December 2nd 1SS3 and June ISSi TckMr Tarian T was before the grand jury twice and it was prior to the first time that Mr Taylor went away Miss Annie Taylor testified The defendant de-fendant and Louisia a3lorare my parents My father left my mothers home over thirteen years ago 3 was before the grand jury some time ago t < nd my father left home shortly before that Jane Hanks was at our house in 1884 Lisadore Williams was about her place in the spring of 1684 W H Dickson testified was United States attorney durin the years 1685 and 18SG I remember uxamining Lisadore Williams before the grand jury in 1856 There was a subsequent examination of the case which I did uoti attend Miss Hattie Little testified have lived at Lisadore Williams since August 1G I never saw Jane Hanks there I dont know where the defendant was living in 18SO I have seen him about the place since then but dont know that he was living liv-ing there Mr Taylor is my uncle Lisadore Williams was recalled by Mr Varlan and testified I was not living with Mr Taylor last summer and was not out riding with him Mrs E D Hose was callled but Judge Powers objected to her testifying because ho had not been notified that she was a witness The objection was overruled and Mrs loge testified Lisadore Williams is my sister In lbS3 and ISM my sister resided at the tendants house and was reputed to be his plural wifo Just before the do fendant wont into hiding I saw them out riding together At this pout a recess was taken until 2 p m Upon reassembling in the afternoon Mr Yanon arose and said that she prosecution had failed to prove cohabitation with the first wife They had in fact proved the case out of court and therefore asked that the case be dismissed The court thereupon instructed the jury to return a verdict of not guilty which was done Judge Powers did not appear to be particularly par-ticularly elated at this turn of affairs as he expected to win the case any way He can have the satisfaction of knowing however how-ever that ho made the prosecution for once conduct an unlaful cohabitation case according to rules SNcnAiusn FOUND GUILTY The case of Lee C Sncdnker charged with adultery was then taken up The defendant de-fendant is a youug man and known in this Community The indictment alleged that the offense was committed in this city on July 1 1SSS with Ella O Snedaker the defendants sisterinlaw John Taylor was the first witness called He testified I have known the defendant for several years He lives on Fourth Sonth street about block from my place I have known his wife Laura C Snectaker all her life and wave been a frequent visitor vis-itor at her uouse since her marriage They pave had two children but both are dead Ella Sncdakcr lives at the homo of the defendant de-fendant and his wife I have seen Ella nursing a child of which she is reported to be the mother There is another child there of which she is reported to be the mother To Judge Powers I am an unmarried man Remember that in August 1888 Mr Snedaker his wife Ella ahd some others went out to the canon camping I did not visitthom there Dr Dart testified know Ella Sneda ker ancLvUited her professionally during S I confinement on May 16 1889 The defend ant procured me to go She lives at Mr Snedakers residence Mrs Dow testifiedIn 1488 and 1889 I livedat Earls court near the Snedaker place I saw Ella Snedaker with a child duringthat time Deputy Marshal Franks testified Iar rested the defendant at the Rio Grande j Western shops in this city Ee told mc it was aot necessary io read the warrant as he knew what it was for and added this is what a mangets for misbehaving himself Mrs Laura Snedaker was called but stated that she did not wish to testify and was excused and retired from the stand weeping Ella C Snedaker was then called She testified have a child which was born 011 May IGlL IfcSi The defendant is the father of that child To Judge Powers I was intimate with the defendant in July 1SS I was out camping in the latter part of August that year and this happened about a week after we returned home Mr Critchlow Have you another child namedErmal The WitnessI dont see that that has anything to dowith the case Mr Critchlow Well who is the father jof that child l Toe Witness dont like to answer M Vflrian We will withdraw that question ques-tion tionThis feThis closed the evidence of the prosecution prosecu-tion and Judge Powers stated that the defense de-fense hadjnotning to offer Mr Critchloiv made the opening argument argu-ment for the prosecution He said the case was a peculiarly shocking one because the defendant committed the offense under l sown s-own roof tree and with his wifes sister a crime which in some countries was considered con-sidered incest He then reviewed the evidence evi-dence briefly and said that it could leave no doubt as to the defendants guilt Judge Powers said he would ask the court to instruct the jury to return a verdict ver-dict of not juiity under the law that a man could not be convicted upon the uncorroborated un-corroborated evidence of an accomplice Ho then made a brief but ingenious argument argu-ment Mr Varian closed for the prosecution He said that the testimony of Ella Seed aker as to the guilt of the defendant was fully corroborated Takingit all together it was the saddest case with which he had ever had anything to do He could conceive con-ceive of no more horrible calamity befalling befall-ing any family than that which had befallen this one Four or five human lives had been wrecked and it was the duty of the jury to say that a man could not commit an offense this kind and go unpunished The court in charging the jury said that Ella Snedaker was an accomplice and the jury could not conyict upon her testimony unless it was corroborated by other evidence evi-dence The failure of the defendant to goon go-on the stand and testify could afford no inference against him After remaining out about fifteen minutes min-utes the jury brought in a verdict of guilty Judge Zane announced that the defendants defend-ants bond would be increased from 1000 to 1500 and set sentence for Saturday next at 10 oclock OTHEB BUSINESS J S Scott a petit juror was excused The case of Joseph Oberndorfer vs Isaac Trumbo was dismissed In the case of Barbara rents charged with administering poison to animals the I defendants band was reduced to 200 |