| Show 0 I NOW UTAH By AlB ALBERT F. F PHILIPS J Thomas Thomas' Hawkins wa was tried under tho samo terri territorial tonal statute to under which Brigham Yo Young n and others were Indicted His Dis trial resulted in his his' conviction of ot ofa a a. charge of ot ad adultery On October 28 1871 he ho was brought bet before Chief Chic Justice McKean who pronounced sentence upon him bini In pronouncing sentence Justice McKean sold said S I Thomas Hawkins I am nm s sorry rry for tor you rou You may not noV think so 80 now y but I shall try to make you think so by the mercy which I shall show you ou You camo amo from tram England to this country with the wife of your our youth For many years you OU ou were a a. kind husband and anda a IJ kind father tather At length the evil ovit spirit of polygamy I tempted and ond possessed you then happiness ss departed deported I from rom your household and now now by the complaint of ot your t faithful thul wife and tho Ule ve verdict of ot a. a Jaw law abiding Jury you OU stand at nt tho bar bill a a. convicted criminal S Tho law Jaw give me large discretion in passing sentence sen aen- en- en tence upon you OU I 1 might both finn fine and Imprison you or I might fino you you only or or Imprison yo you only I might Imprison you OU 20 years years' and fino you one no ne thousand thou thou- sand tand dollars I cannot t Imprison you less Jess than three years nor fino fine you OU less than th three o hundred dollars dollar It Is 18 right that you should be bs fined among other ther reasons to help defray tho expense of ot enforcing tho thoIn In laws ws S S S But my experience In Utah has been such that were I to rino you only r T nm am satisfied that tho fine fino would b be paid out tot of other funds than yv urs and nn thus thus' you OU would be free tree absolutely from all punishment punish punish- mont ment that those men who mislead tho people would make malE thousands of ot others beU believe vo that God had sent the money to pay tho the fine fino that God had prevented tho the court from sending ending you to prison and that by a miracle you ou had been rescued from fron tho the authorities of ot the United States Continuing his sentence which ho proposed to hand th tho prisoner Justice McI McKean said Mid I must look Jook ty to it that jUd judgment ent give give- no aid and comfort to ruch liuch men I must look Jook to It Jt that m my judgment be bb not no so severe severo as ns to seem c m vindictive and not eo so eo light a as to seC seem l to trifle with Justice This community ought to 10 begin t to learn that God Gad does docs not interpose interpose- t to tt rca res cuo criminals from irom tho the consequences of ot their crimes but that on the contrary ho lie so orders the tho affairs of ot lIla His universe that sooner er or later crime crimo stands face nce to taco face with Justice and justice is la the tho master S S. S S SS S Concluding C his sentence Justice McKean said I will say hero here and now that whenever when over your good be behavior behavior ho- ho havior and tho the public good shall justify mo me In doing so so I will gladly recommend that you be pardoned Thomas Hawkins the tho judgment of ot ho court Is that you ou bo ho fined five hundred dollars and that you be Imprisoned at for tor tho the term of three years S S S Tho The defendant was waR unable to app appeal appl l from the Judgment ot of Justice McKean as 09 there thero was nS no power er to appeal at that date date- and Tom Toni Fitch attorney for tor Hawkins proclaimed that to go Into Justice 1 court was 1 not to justice but to doom om A |
