Show FIRST DISTRICT COURT pardon dodds guilty of ai y H M WELLS TRIED FOR ADULTERY WITH HIS SISTER D R G train robbers plead guilty and receive sentence TUESDAY AFTERNOON the following persons were called up to plead james A wright for murder plead not guilty lars J larsen for adultery plead not guilty L H Newman unlawful cohabitation not guilty hans C Xe ilsen unlawful cohabitation guilty M van lennen unlawful cohabitation guilty was another indictment for the same offense read to him baton motion of mr varian the second case was dismissed the two indictments were within the same period charles jensen unlawful cohabitation guilta peter allstrom unlawful tion guilty A G olsen unlawful cohabitation not guilty ecila andersen unlawful cohabitation guilty jens jordansen Jor gansen unlawful cohabits tion guilty jens L Brown charged with adultery came forward for sentence he was 63 years old he now realized that he had been violating the law he was given seven months thomas johnson indicted for adultery came forward to receive sentence he was 67 years old he was given six months J beckstrom said he was 57 he had two wives waa trying to live within tho laws he was given 85 days john unlawful cohabitation said he was W sentenced to six months and costs hans C said he waa 36 years old he was sentenced to five months and and costs aghas jansen said he was 34 he waa given the same sentence peter allstrom came forward for sentence A certificate was read in hia behalf he said he was 55 his youngest child is 2 years and 3 months old lie was given 75 days and the costs neils andersen said he was 54 was indicted for unlawful cohabitation sentenced to 75 days and coats jens jorgensen was old had two wives he was given 55 days and the costs jens jensen indicted for unlawful cohabitation mr king abated that his violation of the law consisted in his attending upon hi plural wife who isaf flirted the court fined him 10 and alie costs on the recommendation of the prosecution sentence was entirely suspended samuel briggs indicted for cohabitation came forward sentence was suspended during good behavior it being represented that mr briggs was infirm sentence was suspended in the case of rosa grant second cifa of wm grant sho had been indicted for fornication ni on wednesday morning lars M peterson were admitted to citizenship at five minutes to three the grand jury filed into court and reported four indictments under united states and one under territorial laws they also reported that aliey had ignored the cases against raa frandzen and loren C jenden ahe case of the 17 S nr WB beck ann adultery was resubmitted to the grand jury the dodds murder case occupied the most of theia yand until twenty div minutes past ten at night when mr W H Dic dickeron keon for the defence ended a most powerful argument on thursday morning the court resumed business when the divorce case of gibbs vs gibbs was postponed pending the trial of gibbs for adultery bichard and hans P beeves w ere admitted to citizenship the arguments to the jury in the pardon dodds murder case then resumed at a quarter to ten arse Mr SE thurman malting an eloquent plea in behalf of the defendant mr varian followed and was engaged in his argument when court adjourned at noon for recess upon the court assembling reassembling re after recess yesterday afternoon edward fisher and joseph B nay the D R i G robbers rob bars were brought into court chained but were long enough to listen to to the reading of the indictment charging them with the promptly entered a plea of guilty and stood ready for sentence they were questioned by mr varion as to whether they understood the full force and consequences of such a plea to which they replied that they did fisher had no statement to make but nay was sorry that he had got into trouble and promised to do better when he should have served out his sentence fisher was given beven years in the penitentiary and xay five and a half fisher smiled as hoj took his seat and readily assisted the officers in fastening on ackles looked sick C L twist was then arraigned arraign td on an indictment charging him with unlawful cohabitation he pleaded guilty and was given four months and and costs G F carilou took until tomorrow to morrow to plead to an indictment charging him with adultery resumed his argument in the dodds murder case closing at 2 judge judd then delivered his charge in the case which was very lengthy and exhaustive at twenty five minutes to three the jury left the courtroom to consider their verdict As the jury fil of court the grand jury entered with under the U S laws the case of the people vs niels olsen ct al charged with grand larceny was theu taken up mr david evana appeared for the defendant was found cuilty last night about 8 the grand jury came in for farther instructions and his honor stated that he preferred they would come in at opening of court this morning when he would answer choir interrogations at this morning the jury came into the courtroom and took their seats and defendant was brought in immediately after the court read that portion ochia charge defining the different of fences in the first degree murdering mur derin the second degree and the respective grades of the jury had requested hia honor last night to report such instructions contained in the charge as defined in the several of fences the court responded to the request by carefully reading the written charge itself without adding a single comment after the reading which occupied about fifteen minutes tho jury returned to their room THE WELLS SEDUCTION CASE tle case of the united states against henry H wells came on for trial this is the case the particulars of which appeared in the wherein the defendant was accused of having seduced his cifes sister wells is a resident of provo bench near this city benjamin cole was the first called and sworn he said mrs delia wells is my daughter and wife of defendant fen dant have another daughter named emeline ehfe is married to a ml stratton ratton Bt she was not a married woman a year ago last jelv cross examined by sir keliik Ke lIoK never saw any improper conduct between defendant and emmeline he behaved himself as a e etleman so fai us I 1 alow mrs mary cole testified that she is the mother of delia and emaline Em cline the latterhaus latter has a baby se ea months old she married stratton before giving birth to the child emmelime Emme liue stayed with her sister during alie sickness from april to july 1888 during that time she did not keep company with any man the child was born on the of march last never saw any improper conduct between them emmeline did cot stay at mr davis house in provo until after the child was begotten she stayed in town one night in june mr stratton knew of her condition when he married her jas E strattos Str attoa I 1 married emmeline on the of february last she was with child before that time and 1 knew it when I 1 married her met her at goshen once six years baroro I 1 married her to mr kellogg I 1 expect to treat the offspring as a child of my own emmeline asle stratton testified to living a good deal of the time at her sisters house in june and july 1888 some times wells would take mo home I 1 slept in the kitchen became intimate with him had sexual intercourse with him several times and became pregnant by hirthe child was born march 1889 he went away and said he would go until the talk topped never had sexual intercourse with any man till that child was begotten to mrs kellogg stayed one night in june at my uncles mr davis in this city while I 1 was getting a dress mado have a child four years old it was born out of wedlock a man named white is the father the prosecution rested the defense announced that they had no testimony to offer the arguments were then proceeded with at five minutes past 12 noon the jury in the dodds murder case came into court and announced their verdict which was that of voluntary manslaughter the court extended to the jury its congratulations on the patience exercised by them as well as their intelligence his honor thought they had rendered a fair and just verdict they could not rightly acquit the defendant neither could they in view of the circumstances cum stances find a higher verdict than the one they had rendered after recess this afternoon the jury in the wells seduction case rendered a verdict of guilty mrs anna marks was arraigned for assault and plead not guilty stephen H allred was arraigned for adultery he pled guilty |