Show IN COURT the Case The Day Occupied by Against ilv Geddes At the opening of the First District morning the case of Court yesterday the United States va William Geddes was culled and a jury empaneled consisting con-sisting ot the following gentlemen Bell Messrs Pullam JenkinsBarrowa Allen Fletcher SewellEcklund Barry Vieton and Stone The first Bowman called was Mrs Martha Smart witness Gedde She testified thift she was the defendant was married to the wife of last the defendant thirty years ago The witness testified in reply to July Dicksona questions that Mr Ged Mr witness lived at had not del of the Ed house since the passage UL munds law he had occasionally upon house of eaten a meal at the invitation witness since that time he has been about the place looking after his property pro-perty Mr Geddes has continued to support the witness crossexami Smith began the Captain nation of the witness and it transpired defendant had married witness that the when he had another wife at a time plural wife and that she was a living marriage to the defendants that before wife Emma Hope the first to the last wife had died and the defense and legal the legal ths last was d that insisted The prosecution contro marriage and a legal battle this verted imminent The defense wanted became to cite authorities on an opportunity Mr Dickson finally with r the question and asked to have drew the question called The defense Geddes Emma objected Hope to haying the lady fense her voire dire because except on sworn wife After defendants legal is the she consideration Mr Dickson a moments witness to save the time the withdrew de the raised by of arguing the point TforA called by WliA witnesses were 0 fence Other made effort and a hard e the prosecution defendant the guilt or the to establish number of witnesses called a The defense that Mr Geddes had nesses to prove with Emma Hope Geddes lived entirely of the Edmunds law since witness the passage said that the opinion One Gentiles in Plain City was among the pretending to live with that he was only he in reality was wife but that the one with both The case was in progress living pro-gress when the mail closed at5 oclock |