Show six cases of unlawful cohabitation camous before audgo wednesday afternoon ond each were fined and costs of court this 19 an agreeable surprise to the public aa heretofore this class of cases has been given the full benefit of the law in the majority of instances there haa been no good reason why such should be the case as all other criminals brought before the utah bar of justice haye invariably been chown some leniency none brt those convicted under the edmunds law have been given the full extent of the penalty and this fact has led many to call it a persecution instead of a prosecution since the law has been declared constitutional by the supreme court tho cormons mormons have asked for no quarters but every one convicted has taken bis medicine without making a wry face all considerate persons whether cormons mormons Mor mons jews or jentilet Jen tiles have thought it nothing but just that convicts under the edmunds law should ba dealt with in no harsher manner than tho horse thieves burg lars or other criminals they are justified in claiming as ready a hearing before the court and as much leniency as is consistent with the letter of the law the belivea the leniency lately shown by tho courts in salt ijane and Provo is nothing but just and will be received with general favor by all classes many non mor mons were getting exceedingly tired of such extreme penalties and some have so expressed themselves polygamy is now seldom met with here in utah so there is no occasion for the same strenuous sentences that the court dealt out when tho crusade first opened |