| Show BISHOP CASE ARGUMENTS BEFORE IBE UNITED ii tie afif eife Adaus clile ber huldi som alle by mr Bi chiris D 10 la bishop basiletti Bas ietti case which cams up in the united elates court today to day mr 8 bichard made the opening the principal point in th cas wa th baitt BaM tt testified husband mr richards quoted numerous authorities the point bartic ulily the decision deci aion of chii court declaring that the rale the wife from being A was founded in tb deepest and toun deat principles of 01 nature constituting the basis of society and essential to the confidence hat should sublet in the nearest dearest relation of lafr he read t utah statures sta tures aud cited cases fi om cali other states giving similar construction claimed mr richarda also that one of tha jurors was disqualified by the edmunds act because he had been a he cited to show that the court ened in instructing the jury that they were not bound to believe the testimony of any witnesses he insisted that the law would not sustain a conviction on the alleged confession of his client without corroborative evidence and read a host of cases sustaining his position his argument areu ment was exhaustive and convincing lasting nearly an hour and a half attorney general miller replied to mr richards he claimed that the bill of exceptions was not properly in the record but the court did not seem to agree with him on that point he said the law did not require tion of a confession but insisted that there were circumstances in the record that showed cerro bration he claimed that other parts of the charge caused the defeat complained of by the t and said the jurors pardon made 1 am competent he insisted that the wife was a competent witness and held decisions from iowa and nebraska to that effect but could not produce any authority to sustain the position that ahe mient testify to a confidential communication in answer to questions I 1 from the bench ha admitted that such would be a dangerous rule in tho close of his argument he rei berred to bassetta bassetts Bas belief in polygamy and it had been preached that polygamy was right and salvation depend upon it he emoke three quarters of an hour i mr richarda Eich arda in his closing argument showed that the bill of exceptions was all right he claimed that some of the authorities cind by the attorney go were not in point and show ed why he claimed that the jurors pardon only relieved relived him of th e of breaking the law against and restored his civil rights but did not effect his po lotical privileges to be a jurrol he pointed out the fact that only two states had held that a wife could testily the great majority had held the other way and with tho exception of this case no court had ever held in this country that a wife could divulge a confidential communication made to her by the bus band certainly this court would not be the first to establish such a rule and in its own language destroy the last olace of human existence ass in conclusion mr richards referred to the cemarka of the attorney general and an impressive manner the court that polygamy waa not taught now and had not been preached for a long time he referred to the action of the mormon church in general conference j assembled whereby it had recently declared in the and emphatic manner against contracting any marriage forbidden by ahe law of the land in sincerity and good faith tho church and people had yielded submission to I 1 the law and they were now entitled to a fair and impartial construction of it tb attorney general said he did not ask for a ai rained construction and mr richardi replied that the judgement jud gement of the lower court must taen be revised the judges listened attentively and asked many questions both sides of i the case were ably presented but evidently the appellant ha tha best of the fight herald iho verdict in the olica case BAIT dec 10 special no guilty waa tb verdict rendered by the jury in the amanda olson case ahm morning the public had as much still when tha jury rendered its decision boere WON a sigh of relief on the part of all tha spectators present the rumor spread rapidly en the areeta that miss olson had been acquitted and from the expressions beard by tha re portar it i judged tha verdict baa given general satisfaction tried t bisoi dac 10 special an unknown man who has boen working here a a hand tried to hang he died this mern suddenly ud denly he is about fifty yan old aad has been of a morose dia pi tion fr aona time coroner is investigating the case vill held obion their dec 11 special the government is determined to hold ib farthings far things well in hand this aason as ita whips haye induced those members always explained choir absence by their absence at home to bring their wives to dine with them at the house of commons |
