Show DISTRICT COURT A betl letter day for sentences GEORGE II 11 HAS SENTENCE SUSPENDED win grant receives twenty mouth s imprisonment for adultery on friday afternoon james chadwick was admitted to citizenship in the case of ephraim JS asli vs bield bros stay of proceedings for mo tiou for now trial was granted henry darrow was arraigned on an indictment charging hn with violating the revenue law in relation to the sale of liquor in zhe case of cannelia Pan nelia starr vs geo fattori Pat tori notice was given will move to set aside injunction n april 27 on saturday the jury in the case of horace holt vs indiana livestock live stock co rendered judgment for plaintiff in ane aum of defendant asked for thirty days to prepare for motion for new which was granted the trial of jedediah G wilkins vs lyman bobbins et al occupied mostly all day saturday henry darrow arraigned for selling liquor without license plead not guilty thial was set for may ad saturday afternoon there was a number of sentences the first defendant called up was thomas E Jack bon he biad plead guilty to adultery mr thur man stated tho two wives had lived in the same house with defendant dihe first wife had however to live him for a long time past and was now aking steps to procure a divorce he asked alia court to take the facts into consideration in answer to the court defendant said tie was 46 years old honor expressed his sorrow and reluctance in imposing punishment on his fellow creatures but there was a lavi which defendant had violated and which must bo maintained defendant was sentenced to twelve months and the covats joseph C stickney indicted for unlawful cohabitation came forward mr thurman stated in his behalf that he retaa over 70 yeara of age he had since his arrest separated his families and nas endeavoring to avoid further complications mr aaker alie court to suspend sentence in answer to the courts question as to whether lie intended living only with his first wife defendant said he say what he would do in thac future but was now living his first wife who 13 73 years old he was sentenced to aix months and the costs james appeared and said be had not read the hole of the edmunds law he had read parts of it and noticed that many interpretations of the luciw had been given by the respective courts he wanted his honor to enlighten him the court remarked eliat he was not bitting there on the bench to an dver questions defendant said he quite understand the law the court observed you have plead guilty to violating the law defendant was sentenced to eighty five days and 50 and costs his honor suggested that when he got into the pen defendant ask the marshal fora copy of the law and begin studying it dependant De in retiring answered your honor it e not fair john C harper convicted of unlawful cohabitation came forward mr thurman referred to lie testimony at the trial and asked for leniency mr evans said he had been requested by neighbors to make a counter statement defendant was city marshal at the time he danied his plural wife and was therefore an officer of the law alien he himself broke tho law mr thurman si d the statement of mr evans was unfair defendant was not an officer when he entered into the plural marriage relations liis term of office biad expired the court expressed himself very atron irly against defendants course and felt like making him an example for others lie was sentenced to five and and costs samuel driggs appeared he was an aged man the court told him to go home and come back on september wm grant convicted of adultery answered that he was 51 years old had been imprisoned before for unlawful cohabitation he stated that he and his plural wife had testified and given the court no trouble he was living with hiis tiis first wife only he was sheu twenty months and the costs sylvester bradford who biad plead guilty to unlawful cohabitation appeared mr W II 11 king made a statement in defendants behalf he biad for a long timo past lived only with his first wife in answer to alie court he said lie married his second wife in 1883 knew it nas against the law he waa sentenced to days and a fine of 25 and cosla joseph murdock in reply to said he was 67 years old said lie had three wives and having had them so many 5 ears it seemed kind of natural he married his lafit wife 36 years ago he had pretty good women lie said he had had six oliree arc HB realized alie lav had to be obeyed and was milling to take ahe consequences he was agnen 33 das no iott J H aidell into nned alie court hi nas CO years old married hh list wife m 57 bogoro there was any law against it lie wag sentenced to GO daya and alie costs george II 11 brimhall convicted conic ted of adultery appeared judge Duben bem presented i petition from perona composed ot teachers and pupils of various echlos in arns county diio pe set forth the facts connected with mr Brim halls case and it en mr good ch arader the judge also p petition fruin ten of who tried tl e case asking leniency from alie court judge said this was an cadee diu erent from others ant did not eay js outliers ibid that lie knew ho a Mol tinn alie liw alie defendant had been his ati e was placed in the asylum eliat she vas forever as it were entombed he had six little children depending upon him and married again lie did not think it mas unlawful the speaker spoke very warmly in defendants behalf mr thurman also presented a petition from the faculty of lie linn erdity in defendants behalf mr T also als o bloke vcr warny of ins personal estimate of defendant defend int and referred to the popular respect in which he held mr lud not to hide his act of marrying remarrying re alie fact nas generally known but nobody to realie up to alie time of lug arrest fr rest that lie had violated any law in h IB marrying remarrying re andor in which he was placed cr asked the court to impose only a light sentence mr evans said that he did not believe mr thurman could point to a single of court who understood that defendant had married remarried re evans spoke very bitterly against defendants marry ina again w hile hia first w w as hopelessly insane the defendant stated second wife had been taken out by him in public he could say blut his insane wife speak she would asprou of ins the did do fondant did not know it was unlawful to do what he had done until a time ago iha court made some remarks especially for the benefit ot defendant and wanted him to sav that in alie future he would obay tha faw and live way from the second wife mr said that he and his second wife had mutually agreed to live apart the court asked him if he was prepared to maintain that position before the law defend int I 1 have te do it your honor I 1 cant do otherwise court sharply mr brimhall Brim nall will you do it are you willing to obey the law defendant 1 am willing court then go home mr peters I 1 dont think he understands that he has promised to obey the law court I 1 think he does dont you mr brimhall defendant I 1 understand that as long as I 1 am in this country I 1 must obey the law court that is enough john adams next came forward he said he was 62 years old mr milner made a statement in behalf of the defendant fen dant counsel had peculiar means of ascertaining the views and intentions of mr adams and after a critical examination he was satisfied that he was an enthusiastic believer in liis religion mr milner had ascertained that for two years last past defendant had lived within the law before that he bad not it was defendants purpose to strictly comply with tho law in all his acts no matter what his religious views were or how unjust he might think the law was ind as an evidence of hia sincerity he was now living with his first only sentence in mr adams case was suspended the case of parnellia young vs mellor bros was dismissed at plaintiffs cost and attachment discharged yesterday ten days were given to prepare statement in the rase of spanish fork city vs J D i the case of the people vs julius nielsen charged with larceny was tried yesterday the jury rendered a verdic t against defendant recommending him to the nercy of the court zebedee coltrin ft ho had been indicted for gambling withdrew his former plea and entered a plea of guilty orlou daniels also for tco cass of gambling withdrew former plea and plead guilty 10 cacti indictment X coltrin asked to make a statement he said he had been employed as a detective to catch illicit sellers and one man he wanted lie found he could only by gambling with him the result ws that after catching the man the man cau lit him for after the man had been brought into court for selling whisky illegally he made a complaint against defendant for gambling the court remarked that the means adopt edby defendant to catch criminals were somewhat questionable butin view of tho circumstances the court would deal lightly with him defendant was fined 15 and the costs orson daniels admitted that he al lowed gambling in liis photograph gal lery at lehi for which he had been indic ted his honor administered a fitting lecture to the defendant and imposed a fine of 10 and the costs in eacle case W L dyke and W II 11 ainge withdrew former pleas to indictments charging them with gambling and entered pleas of guilty sentence in each case v aa set for saturday this morning the court rendered judgment in the case of geo A burgon vs john C snow et al in favor of the plaintiff and against both defendants mr J E booth was appointed counsel in the case of the people vs joseph Apo dacca indicted for an assault intent to commit a crime against nature after a brief consultation with the defendant fen dant mr booth announced his readi nea to go to trial A jury was sworn mr evans presented the case alic verdict was guilty of an assault motion to costs in the case of horace holt vs indiana live stock co was denied lars and philip marx were excused for the term from jury services |