Show AT IT aurig sees a difference between monroa abid gentile in the first district court at ogden thursday before judge hender BOD wm H maughan of wellsville cacho county was called f or sen tonee in two were foaud against him for unlawful cohabitation the division being made on the seg gro gation plan mr maughan was not arrested at the time and later another ind was found against him for the same offense this was mado upon testimony given by himself and the jury b ho had i lived with his plural wife also brought a bill against him for adul tery to each of these charges a plea of guilty was entered when the defendant was called for sentence the first indictment was dismissed the other three being retained it was stated to the court that mr maughan had testified against himself and by his course throughout had saved the government considerable expense ho was ag years of age and had married his wives in 1860 and 1880 his youngest chiesl by the second wife was born in april 1888 judge henderson thon made some remarks about the defendant having been proceeded against by the government in 1885 but ho had not rendered obedie aco to tho law and would have him undo tho past tho sentence ana then passed tho penalty charged being imprisonment for two and u half years within six months of the extreme penalty and payment of costs on tho unlawful cohabitation charges ho was sentenced to six months each the full penalty and fine of n eash count making tho fines aggregate and the costa of tho prosecution in three cases the court ordered that all phrae terms commence at tha samo time mr maughan who is a bonnor Mon noR and choso whoso relationship with his wives is in conformity with his convictions was lodged in the penitentiary saturday night wm sheen was also called before judge henderson tho same day for sentence he ia a gentile and had pleaded guilty of adultery tho affonso being committed with another mans wife ahen this defendant came up tho judge suspended sentence during good behavior upon payment 0 the costs of the prosecution |