Show JUDGE hendersons COURT bishop bassett on trial for polygamy defendant pronounced guilty and sentenced to five years he appeals of course tile the case of VV IV E Bassett Baa sett bishop Dishop of oi of tho ward salt lake como come up in the ogden court on tuesday taw linis and 0 0 attorneys lor for defendant and mi dick soil boll prosecuting mrs sarau sarah bassett wits tho isit ness was vaa married to defendant in 1872 1 I know kate smith sinith mr air dickson hers here naked asked it if lir her husband had at any time made inside to her it ft statement of 0 his having married cato smith li to W which tho defense objected an the th grounds that the witness should not be per mitto d to testify concerning conc ernine a conal confidential communication between her all and her husband which occurred during cuiling their inae marriaga mairi riago aga relation tile arguments mccu occupied the entire day luo court courton on gave it 11 na lii ili opinion that tile the defendant was wan endeavoring to shield himself under onder a technicality that he considered bigamy a greater crime against the first fujil alifa than adultery and lie ho therefore overruled tho the objection mrs bassett then tep testified tilled that I 1 her her husband had admitted to her in ili aug 1884 loving having married nate kato ai at losan logan during interview niter MCw lie he was ft as in in tears and acknowledged that lio lie had done Is ferong ton in in marrying kate smith cross examined vm am a member of tile the mormon church cimo came hero here from wales walea in 1872 lid did not know knon polygamy was ivas a ten elof oi the mormon gailli la illi had india ft never ne er seen ana tilt thine to indic ito that tr r bassett had carried kato kate smith had no ilea i lea they were marrits when kato smith visited us on august lai our conversation was on th the friday following lowing ol w e h had d another 0 t h r 1 in ISM 1885 i 1 1 tou l mr an I 1 it 1 would make maha him bim ble it he ha i r ried another eife T to mr sir ud ackson I 1 was told while it bile in wales wails that polygamy wits ft as a tenet of 0 the NI mornion or boull faith but did not believe billit in it y to 0 mr 1 r shocks sheeks mr bassett and I 1 were a at 1 one time lime d pre previous vios to the al 1 ged marriage with mth kate smith nir mr in opert opening th the case for the defense said I 1 that lot it was vis the purpose of 0 tho the defense to prove that mr Ilam sctt did not go to login logan hiring during 1884 but once ind and that IB on oil business v which aich kept liim him there only four days that kate smith was engaged in in sir air robbins lobbin a store and was isas there during tile whole of every lay day 1 u I hilo hile mr 1 bassett isgitt was v ng in logan LOR in that mr bairett lUi Bett did not nui ry kate kale smith or any other woman in in aug 1884 and avas as not guilty of polygamy as charged A t decree of divorce between defendant and his hist first wife was wag liero here introduced la in evidence eu denci mrs kilo kate hascott Basett Ha sctt was w aa then called I 1 was marbled to defendant op on january A 25 1846 the ceremony was pe derorre by adani spiers before ill it time tune v was as living in in lotan logan nod derke d an fn in a store there of which hull mr IT robbins waa tt n mand mani sir ger iraq employed there constantly till february 1 1880 wrote entries in a book when I 1 sold boll goods aoda on credit mr robins avas w is rick during damn much of tile the summer bummer of ISM 1881 I 1 took mv ills dinner nt at his ate my mi supper supper and break fast at ho 1 ome at my father a sir mr Itaw una lins here handed her a beok is which site she identified its ia the account bobik bo L of the theaters awre and noted note I 1 sever gehird it entries she had made in it she blie did not meat meet mr air birsett in in login logan during itu august gust 1884 did not know lie ha had been there until lie he had lift left hid bail only a slight ic ac quain tanco with him then attended atten led conference in in salt halt lake in oct 1884 stopped at the valley hoine three uinta ui hta at the continental one night at 11 11 evans 1 vans two nights mail mr bassett issitt IS fit at the titling hands with him along w with i ill the other members of the 0 logan I 1 ogan choir cross examined alave ilave had a passing acquaintance with sir mr baogett for nine have hao beep been intimately acquainted beirs for 0 18 8 months lid ile began paying me tit at in october I 1 was engaged to him conditionally in december the condition being bein that ho he obtained a dl di vorce A consi leri ibl number of followed follow edall corroborative ot of kato kate big bag bell f testimony on the time wig was taken up tip almost esith the th arguments air gilr itasta lins for birtho the defense nae anade a very ar able logical rad an 1 forcible fori ible argument mr dickson occupied led about two tito hours and ned every point to influence the jury against the defendant iha alemu i corre oudine rays aa on tit ali point oin t of tho the advisability of ad in lions by 0 to defendant the court it a g 1 tile the jur j iry that is when lien admissions dini W ere erel 1 I ll 11 at if I 1 md made they w were ere not ilot 0 of if h flight but when tt they were made ads Is adiv arid and Is ith coasty considerate deliberation they nere entitled to credence re dence anil anit should bo be considered ili in makini up tip the verdict tins this point was baa the principal legal contic lersy eray beaw between een ct uniel puring during the forenoon foru noon the court room isas n aa only hlll 1111 ll ll lilt but in the afternoon the ilie pack wa wai go i great erent that ingress or egrets cre was utterly y impossible it seemed that almost e anybody atas as deeply interested in in tile the arguments awl isair ot th caise grand grilj jurors petit jurors attorneys and ami citi zem all being attentive listeners lin 11 at 4 doclot k the jury retired to con eider their merdict A little before 5 they returned bith tit a verdict of guilty a as 1 I charged in tile indictment tha con court rt at onie once bishop bassett to im fin prison in in the tha penitentiary lor for lite hie term of five years fari and to a fine of 0 ile HB ains admitted ail milled to bail pending peni lins appeal appal I 1 |