Show FIRST DISTRICT COURT judge judda views on belief and practice AS demonstrated JN A CASE OF naturalization G dave evans vainly tries to comerce the court on tuesday john W jackson plead guilty to an indictment charging him with adultery and said he was ready for sentence in answer to the conr t he said he had married his second wife six years ago and had lived with her till a couple of months ago he did not know he was breaking any law when he married his plural wie he asked the court for leniency lie had a large family the court thought the defendant was not a bad man and he sentenced him to 10 months and costs josiah F gibbs plead guilty to adultery and oct was set for sentence the case of unlawful cohabitation against john W jackson was on motion of mr varian dismissed court announced to the prosecution that he had excused one of the grand jurors because of sickness and had appointed R H dodds who was one ot the venire summoned to fill the vacancy the matter was deferred till the grand jury came into court the grand jury came into court shortly after 2 and reported fo bills under U S laws the following cases were ignored people against henry kelson etal U 8 agonist hang J hansen TJ S vs chris 0 madsen for unlawful marrying 17 B vs A singleton i people vs geo houtz and thomas groesbeck mr dodd was sworn in as a grand jury to fill F 0 hensens jensens Jen sens place the grand jury then retired on tuesday afternoon robert edwarda came forward for fur grand larceny he plead not guilty on wednesday morning thomas A jeffrey was admired to citizenship rent was arraigned on an indictment charging argine ch him with adultery and he plead not guilty G A anderline took until 2 to plead to an indictment charging him with unlawful cohabit ion the autrie case was then resumed the dei voice case of susan baum vs john A baum h as taken under advisement by the court and recess was taken till one upon the reassembling of court wednesday afternoon george scott applied for naturalization papers he believed the laws should be obeyed bat thought polygamy was liht under some circumstances yet he would convict a man guilty of polygamy as quick as he would if ho was guilty of stealing sheep he was given his papers george R scott a eon of the previous applicant also applied for he believed in polygamy court which do you regard the highest authority the revelation on polygamy or the laws of the country ans the laws of the country dabid evans said it had always been understood that in circumstances like those that surrounded the court aepli the one on the stand were denied citizenship citizen shio the court so understand it had congress made a law stating that any man who believes in poly gainy should be prohibited from being granted the rights of it would be a different matter entirely the court was not dealing in abstract belief mr Varian came to evans aid and said that if applicant were given his papers it would be to others who were sincere in their efforts to haye the laws of the country sur tainted the court it is true that the timo has come the patience of the government has been exhausted with this people but at the same time there is a broader view of this thing that will not allow of any prejudice had these men said that polygamy was from god and was higher than the laws of the land then he would have denied them citizenship he himself had religious views which were probably not in accord with the wishes of a great number A man might believe in Mohammedanism and in having a whole harem of strumpets strum pets yet if he believed in the laws cf this country he could not deny them the privilege of citizenship mr evana said that men there had been who would take the edmunds tucker oath and still not be competent it had been done the applicant hovry ever could be given the oath and it could be seen how he felt over it the oath in the edmunds tucker law was then handed the young man and the court asked him if he could subscribe to it he replied yes would you unreservedly convict a man guilty of polygamy yea sir would you join hands with the government in having the laws of the land obeyed yes sir the court made a few kindly remarks to the applicant and be was granted the rights of citizenship 0 A andersine appeared and plead not guilty to unlawful cohabitation the grand jury filed into court at five minutes to 3 and reported one I 1 indictment under U S laws and one under territorial laws the territorial cases against jane bowle for grand larceny and W A penny for grand larceny had been ignored attorney evans stated the grand jury had got through with their work for the present and he would suggest that they adjourn for a time say until the of the mouth this time would suit the jury the court thereupon discharged alie grand jury until that time the case of the people vs peter M jensen wason wednesday evening set for october ath yesterday morning buck bobio was the charee of grand larceny he plead guilty and sentence was set for 3 when he was sentenced to one year in the pen people vs H W sanderson defend dant entered plea of guilty and was fined 10 the divorce case of mrs susan A baum vs john J baum was up for trial byice cou default was set aside the divorce suit of donald vs hannah M was tried and judgment taken under advisement herbert S pyne was admitted to citizenship zen ship court adjourned till monday morning |