Show FIRST DISTRICT COURT dr sharp gets thirty days for fornication BANS JENSEN SENT UP FOR THREE YEARS FOR ADULTERY the grand jury asks for instructions on the singleton case on saturday morning in the coart reassembling the case of john S fullmer was brought up and twenty days given for plaintiffs to file answer PLEADS GUILTY TO V U john beck was arraigned on an indictment charging him with unlawful cohabitation to which he plead guilty an indictment charging him with adultery wa on motion of U S attorney varian dismissed indictments DISMISSED the indictment charging anna wells ogden with fornication was dismissed on motion of mr varian her hubband hua band thomas ogden is serving out a term for adultery JURORS EXCUSED the petit jurors were excused until monday morning niobe U S indictments at twenty minutes past 11 the grand jury filed into court and reported fourteen more indictments under U 5 laws CASES IGNORED the grand jury reported having ignored the following cases the people ag P A mcfarlandjr laneJr assault with a deadly weapon U S vs abraham beaw sr unlawful cohabitation U S vs isaac morley unlawful cohabitation THE SINGLETON DILEMNA assistant evans asked the court to instruct the grand jury in relation to the albert singleton case the facts were these singleton married a woman in england some ago and they lived together as man and wife after coming to utah nine years ago in 1886 he married hagar Startup his legal wife still being alive and his legal wife ards obtained of divorce in the probate court subsequently singleton was tried and found guilty of the crime of unlawful cohabitation and was sentenced to a term term of imprisonment in the penitentiary after coming out of prison ho went to the home of hagar stai tup and commenced living with her as his wife and has had one child by her the charge under consideration was one of fornication and the grand jury wanted to know if the circumstances stated would warrant an indictment for such offense the court said if the man had lived with hagar startup as his wife had treated her as his wife held her out as his wife and acknowledged her in public as his wife then according to common law the marriage relation would be legal and recognized and the children would be legitimate and she would be entitled to dower after the divorce from his first wife he had the right to marry again so far as the court could ece there was no unlawful cohabitation relation existing as singleton had EO plural wife and there certainly could be no fornication mr egaas stated that singleton had made no bones about living with higar startup in fact singleton wanted to serve bis time for fornication and then marry a fresh woman the court stated eliat that was a matter for future consideration and the grand jury retired accounts ALLOWED the accounts of walter jones U S commissioner were approved and allowed court then adjourned until 1 DK W II 11 H SHARP PLEADS GUILTY upon the court reassembling after recess william H H sharp was arraigned en an indictment charging him with fornication with mary harris in richfield sevier county he plead guilty and asked for immediate sentence ARRAIGNED FOR ADULTERY hans was arraigned on an indictment charging him with adultery he plead not guilty CRIME AGAINST NATURE evan thomas of sevier county was arraigned on an indictment charging him with a crime against nature he plead not guilty M M kellogg was appointed by the court to as his attorney TOOK TO PLEAD thos Thu reton took until monday morning to plead to an indictment charging him with unlawful cohabitation FATHER PLEADS NOT GUILTY shadrach dricks by his attorney mr wm H king plead not guilty to unlawful cohabitation october was set for sundry arraignments ments GOODNIGHT THE BURGLAR joseph A goodnight was arraigned on an indictment charging him with burglary breaking into julius hensens jensens Jen sens jewelry store on the night of september ath the defendant plead not guilty mr kellogg was appointed by the court to defend tiie defendant thomas grimaldi the italian was arraigned on an indictment charging him with murder for shooting and killing patrick emmett near castle dale last month and sutherland were appointed by the court to defend the prisoner defendant took until monday to plead EIGHTY SEVEN DAYS FOR ADULTERY stephen A allred was called up for sentence for adultery lived in sevier county had two wives married the last one in 1874 married the first in 1867 when asked by the court if he understood the promise he made of living within the law defendant said yes he would not live any more with his second wife hia first wife had a suit for divorce in the court was habituated to drinking drank nearly all his life the court baid that he would give him a light sentence to cure him of drinking and give him time to reflect upon becoming a better man 87 days and costs HE DID NOT W H IL sharp who plead guilty to fornication w as called up for sentence to the court defendant said he was a married man waa not married when he committed the off enso had not married tha woman he got into trouble with the court said it seemed to be the trouble with the defendant that he had pot caught but few cases had come up of this kind defendant yes and I 1 hope thore will be less court hope BO defendant stated that he committed the offense in sevier county married his wife soon afterwards he now lived in cottonwood court well awill give you a short sentence you will be imprisoned thirty days and pay the costs in the case defendant Is that all court yes defendant thank you sir ADMITTED TO citizenship barry peterson of spanish fork 77 years of ageana H els peter thompson was admitted to citizenship indictments DISMISSED the indictment charging jane 0 with era fornication of was dismissed on motion of mr p S varian TEN DAYS MOKE ALLOWE 1 la the case of John Hunter et al va chas bogn ten days allowed appellant to perfect appeal or appeal will be court then adjourned until monday morning at ten 0 clock his honor judge judd opened hit court at 10 yesterday morning PLEAD NOT GUILTY TO thomas grimaldi appeared to plead to an indictment charging him with murder he entered a plea of not guilty SUNDRY PLEAS ENTERED thos thurston plead guilty to the charge of unlawful sentence was set for 2 geo thompson indicted for grand larceny plead not guilty jacob gates appeared before the bar to plead to an indictment charging him with unlawful cohabitation he entered a plea of not guilty hans lensen was arraigned on the charge of adultery he plead not guilty peter postponed his plea to the charge of adultery till this morning the autrie murder case was then called up and a jury sworn the court then took recess till 1 for adultery plead not guilty 25 AND COSTS FOR V C T thurston Thur stoa came forward for sentence the old gentleman was 70 years old and very feeble he was sentenced to pay a fine of 25 and costs payable in forty days A NOVEL SENTENCE jas L jansen came forward to re clive sentence for unlawful cohabitation he was 62 years old quit living with his plural wife three years ago the court give him one day for every year he is old 65 defendant im 62 laughters court well give him sixty two days SIX MONTHS FOR ADULTERY hana sorensen withdrew former plea of to adultery ho was old married his plural wife ten years ago the court it is very unpleasant to me to send old men to the penitentiary old gentleman youve got to stop this mr clerk give him sis months PLEADS NOT GUILTY geo albert wallace was arraigned on the charge of grand larceny he plead not guilty the case was set for october FULL DOSE hana jensen withdrew former plea and entered plea of guilty said he was ready to receive sentence in reply to the court be eaid he had been convicted before for unlawful cohabitation the court said you ought to be made to obey the law if you have to be kept locked up give this man three years mr clerk the autrie murder case was then proceeded with this morning at 10 the court resumed arraignments AND johnw jackson was arraigned for adultery and took until 2 to plead josiah F gibba was arraigned on the same charge and took tho same time peter wimmer who lives in iron county asked through his attorney mr king that his case be continued until next term his wife being ill the request was granted the datrie murder trial was then resumed |