Show SENTENCED I 1 I 1 three conscientious men are sest sent to the pon pen for refusing to go back 01 oa their and their families there were three brethren e s morning by judge 11 c Is leron bior for having rol rofu used seil to renoul 1 ca their cons conscientious clentious convictions convict iona at tanil id abando n tile the w wives ives and children tiley had f for or yeara ears acknowledged and supported and i imil before coif and nion they would love cherish and protect us its ion as they lived and toni cr alit r ile names of these theao heroic gent binen are 1 isho pJ IV lovele H g oi of provo jolin john currant of american fork and alani jensen of goshen Go alien tile the first called up by was wa B il 1 0 11 lo 10 elome alio 1 court you have been convicted of tile the crimo crime of cohabiting colm bitin mith diora alan one woman alve you to av ishop L no sir air court 1 understand that it lina has been the custom to ask adanti convicted of the offense offence with which you have been i charged barged and found guilty guilt as an to their future intentions and it if they are prepared to promise in good faith that in in the alio future they v will ill obey the law I 1 of the unit ed fail status states in in relation to polygamy anil and unlawful cohabitation then for t tha lie courts to take such buth kroml pr omle gel it if MR made do in good fuith faith into consideration when passing sentence tence I 1 think the tha policy a correct one ona I 1 ask you now therefore if you aro are ready to ma make m a such pro inis niBe bishop L you will recollect your holsho lyl honor t that I 1 in the trial it WAS shown town that I 1 it had ca ke kept t tho law for two yeara now who t I 1 shall 1111 d do u in in t alio to future I 1 1 cannot say court the trial conclusively showed allotted that you had three wives and the birth of 0 a child to you by one of them was waa of itself testimony sufficient to show that you had lived in III violation of the law I 1 you th thinly the promise to obey the law in fit the alie future should be made not only to chair it but to respect etto retrain refrain from teaching others to disobey the law bishop L I 1 am ain conscientious in my b elief belief court the tha matter of belief has noth ing ine to do with the question other cases have been tried here where the defend ants are much more mora ignorant than you 0 1 are peopled people like you are ar responsible for 0 r the commission commis aion offense offence by many of your co religionists you and others who are in in high positions among your people pie are intelligent en enough ough to realize reo ihu nature of the crime of yand I 1 think that you are one of those men for whom the statute was specially especially madzi you not only persist in violating the law but in teaching others to do so the sentence in your case is that you bo be imprisoned in the penitentiary lor for six months and that you pay it a fine of and costs cost john durrant then stepped forward to receive sentence een tence courter Court Mr durrant youl you have been convicted of the crime of cohabiting with more than one woman havo have you any 1 thing to ay mr D DI I 1 would likey otar honorato ho norto ta be grunted granted a little time before sentence Ben lence is ia cassid paged to attend to a bome me necessary duties am interested in a cane cana mill mil and am the only one ot of those interested interested who understands court what do you B say mr dickson to mr currants Dur rants Y D I 1 would say your honor that in the other districts district the cust custom om is 10 pass sentence in flush cares canes just its aa is ii done one with any other class if the defendant is ready to 1 ron iso to obey tho the law I 1 that alaur assurance anc w will I 11 bo be sufficient clent to secure for hirn him consideration cons ide ration from the courts tile the court hardly thought the excuse w wag as sufficient to how allow of any further farther timo time being granted before sentence was passed and asked mr durrant if he was willin willing g to promise to obey the law in the future f U D your honor I 1 am at a loss loaa t to 0 know what the law is 0 court Cour tAro are you a citizen 0 ol 01 I 1 the united a d St states alles 7 dyes sir air I 1 took out my papers in this district Court When you ou ap applied led for them did you not promise to citey obey the law in reference tu to polygamy D I 1 was never caked to do 1080 to Court You heard tell of 0 the law dyes D yes air court courtin in england where you came from there is a law prohibiting such auta acts ayou I 1 havi a been guilty of is there not D I 1 know this that men there keep mistresses distresses mi stresses and are not punished for do 1 ing so I 1 have no mistresses distresses mi stresses the women I 1 nm inin to be punished for living m with it h are arc vj kiy wi wives yes courtrell Cour ourt tWell well mr Dur currant civilization prohibits plural marrial real they are unlawful here as in every civilized country and you should and must bo be prepared to meet the punishment your unlawful acts acte merit the sentence Is that you be imprisoned in tho the penitentiary for the period of six months and that you pay a fine of hang jensen was the next victim mr thurman however interposed it a motion for anew a new trial ishad it had been alleged in the indictment that defendant had lived with celia celi jensen and maria af aria jensen the evidence showed that ho he hail had cohabited with cells cella jonsan jensen and maren and there wax waa not it a particle of evidence to show allow that ho he had cohabited with maris maria jensen as charged char geil the court overruled the motion and mr jensen came forward lie ile had hill no promises promis esto to make and was wan there fore sentenced to six months imprisonment and to pay a fine fina of rs J NY loveless john durrant and were taken down to salt lake laka by the after train by deputy vandercook |