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Show JuKiii M Kf,as .could -judicially ' rooogiii.'.o (he existence of "Mormomsui and polygamy iu empaneling a jury for tho trial of Thomas Hawkins, although there was nuthin.i on lli'i record of the case by which ho could know that Hawkins wa-i a polygamic or a Mor- uion. But wheu it mi-ht a fleet a point ; in lavor of the defendant, his judicial mentality became suddenly obtuse, aud ho ibuud there was nothiug before ' hiui by which ho could know judicially that the legislature which enacted the ; law, under which Hawkins was tried, i was either Mormon or polygamic. 1 Great is tho consistency of MoKeau, C. J., and only equalled by the sublime equanimity with whioh bo views newspaper news-paper strictures. |
