Show FIRST DISTRICT COURT i s A red letter day for sentences PROF K SENTENCED FOR BEING AN EXAMPLE g thomas collins on trial for murdering his sergeant when court met again after recess his honor delivered his charge to the jury in the case of the people vs david R Il and calvert allred on trial for stealing wool from peter thompson the jury left the court room 9 little before 2 in the afternoon arad did not return until near midnight when they brought in a verdict of guilty against rostron and a verdict of not guilty against allred immediately after the withdrawal of the jury the case of the people vs polk ana young came on for trial again these defendants who are soldiers were charged with feloniously killing a steer the property of geo C whitmore in september last they were on trial in november last but the jury disagreeing the case was set for trial at thia term mr T jahnson assisted D evans in the prosecution at this second trial and thurman sutherland who defended before again conducted the defense the trial occupied nearly all of the next day saturday and yesterday on the reassembling of court after recess saturday afternoon thomas harding was called for sentence he had no promises to make his second marriage occurred nineteen years ago the youngest child by that marriage being five years he ws sentenced to six months imprisonment and to pay the costa of the prosecution robert T king was next called up judge dusenberry stated that in the defendants fend ants behalf that he was not in a position to pay a fine he had alj ee nivea his polygamous marriages being in 1862 and 1865 respectively the youngest children by the plural nivea were 9 and 12 yeara of age he had no promises to mako but had no desire to break any i law he was sentenced to six months imprisonment and to pay the costs of prosecution frederick weight was the next at the bar judge dusenberry in his behalf stated to the court that he was an aged man in very poor health and living on the charity of his children he thought if leniency was to be exercised in any case it should be iu this the polygamous marriage had occurred twenty three veara ago and the youngest child was six years old he was sentenced to im to sixty days subsequent i ly when at the depot ready to start to salt lake for the pec judge henderson telephoned for him on appearing before the court his imprisonment wag remitted and a fine of 50 was imposed in its place henry G boyle next appeared had three wives the marriages with the plural wives occurring in 1864 and 1865 the youngest child by the plural wives was one year old the court stated that it had been understood the charge of adultery against the defendant would i be dismissed and the present case be sufficient he was sentenced to six aoatha imprisonment and to pay a fine of mr peters asked that the case of adultery be dismissed and it was BO ordered george storrs stepped forward in answer to the court he said he had nothing to say judge dusenberry stated that a communication had probably been received by the court from citizens of all classes in springville Spring ville asking clemency for the defendant who waa 62 years of age and had violated no law his plu j ral marriage having taken place in 1861 mr storrs was sentenced to sixty days and a fine of and costs it being stated that marintha LOT had paid the fine imposed upon her for perjury it was ordered that she be discharged george barnsworth had no promises to make and was fined henry hamilton waa the next to appear he stated in answer to the court that he was 53 years of age hia plural marriage occurred in 1863 the youngest child by that marriage baing eight months he was sentenced to six months imprisonment and pay a fine of and costs of prosecution learn loveridge had nothing to say the date of his plural marriage was 1877 the court sted that there were some things connected with the case that results in some embarrassment he would therefore sentence the defendant to six months imprisonment and to pay a fine of 50 and costs james latimer had no promises to make ho was 37 years of age and had been married to his plural wife over five yeara since aho passage of the ed munds law ho therefore got tbt full doge six months imprisonment fine of and to pay the costs of prosecution james higgison came next he had nothing to say the plural marriaga marri ag was contracted in hia plural wife was blind and he had ever provided for her and alie four children that had been the result ol 01 his marriage with her the court merely imposed a entente of six months imprisonment no fine or costs levi curtis had not liing to say he was married in 1881 and his youngest child was four years oId SentenCed to six i months imprisonment and to pay a fine of aloo and costs in alie case of harvey H duff judge duzenberry asked a stay of sentence until april alis prosecution offering no resistance it was granted joseph lunceford coald make no promises his plural marriage dated back nineteen years he was sentenced to bix months imprisonment and to pay a faue of 50 and cosan of prosecution joshua adams net appeared for sentence he tilso laid nothing to bay he was married to his plural wife in 1862 the youngest child of that marriage bei ing tw 0 v ears of age he was sentenced to alie full amount of imprisonment aad to a of ibi and costs the sentence m the case of george postponed until april in the case of fart ard whiting 80 yeara of age an order waa made abely postponing sentence karl G maesel epst appeared before the court he had nothing to say was married in 1875 to tho plural aue the youngest youn geat child of that marriage being eight years of ape alie court to the petition in his favor that had been presented to him for clemency and was satisfied that the defendant was bodosi in liia convictions what made the matter worse was that the defendant as an example before youn ft as the worst feature in the case thi court understood eliat tho defendant wat in the habit of teaching polygamy ita school answered thai it was not true the court replied he was glad to hear it the government waa in earnest in the enforcement of laws against polygamy etc and the evil had got to stop though the enforcement of them hado be attended with imprisonment and taking away of property the best thing for the govern ment to do was the strict enforcement of the law prof then fined and pay the costs of the tion thomas R cutler was the next called mr 8 E taurman stated that the defense moved for an arrest of judgment the gentleman stated in hi motion eyl dence before the grand jury was the testimony 0 the lawful wife she being compelled tg i testify inthe motion waa dented the defense would move for new trial the motion was overruled tha defendant had not liing to say he was married to his plurad wife m 1879 and the youngest child by that wife was fifteen months he was sentenced to sis months imprisonment and to pay a fine of and costs of prosecution the court stated that it would sign a certificate of probable cause for appeal bonds were fixed E L gee found guilty of bigamy was called for sentence the court stated that this was the third time he had appeared before the court for crime once for grand larceny when he had converted to his own use the property of his bigamous wife and had represented that be had been drowned in the utah lake under all these circumstances tho court could not exercise any leniency and he was therefore sentenced to three years imprisonment charles allred convicted of grand larceny was next called mr johnson asked for time of sentence to be postponed the court acquiesced and stated that he would sentence charles allred and david bostron at the same time also the nephi bank robbery matter charles allred having cleade d guilty of assault in that case united states vs charles monk unlawful cohabitation sentence bet for april henry W kempt and john B kempt natives of england were admitted to citizenship joseph dark who got hume from the penitentiary thursday where he has been serving a sentence for unlawful cohabitation was arraigned on a similar charge he will plead on thursday william J lewis was arraigned for unlawful cohabitation time for pleading set for friday next the polk and young larceny case was resumed this morning his honor instructed the jury in the alleged steer stealing case and they retired shortly after 10 to consider their verdict an hour and a half later they returned a verdict of not the case of the people vs samuel singleton grand larceny came on for trial after a jury was em paneled and sworn the court instructed them to render a verdict of not guilty which was accordingly done the case of thomas collins a colored soldier charged with the murder of frank washington in october last at fort duchesne came on for trial judge 0 W powers defended defend ud andO HUes and D evans prosecuted A jury had not been obtained at the time oi our going to prees |