Salt Lake Telegram | 1944-04-08 | Page 12 | Judge Denies Plea to Delay Polygamy

I Judge Denies Deniel Plea to 10 Dela Delay Preliminary Hearings For 34 Defendants j Scheduled Tuesday Tuesday- Denying defense motions continuance of date of n nh h hearings for 34 31 def defendants in with a a. recent r roundup City Judge B E. E G. G F Saturday ordered all 1 n 11 case Cis unlawful cohabitation conspiracy to be heard regular court docket order fe S ning Tuesday at 10 a. a In m. ii in fl and county building I More than a dozen of tI f all men sat ix in the T v vroom room during the argument i v consumed one hour Reason Keason for lor Plea IMea Defense Attorneys Knoz p ta son and J. J H. H McKnight remiS continuance for at least 30 tin pleading that they had n not jg time to Interview Including nearly a te women Their time tim has ha been beta they said in defeno t clients in federal cou court LJ charged as result ox oZ a polyp polyp- drive and in preparation c cf 01 i page brief to be filed in ft fe fe court by next Wednesday t Judge Foxley who V said he rule Tuesday on defense nio mot i quash the state charges Info hio the defense and states state's atti 1 he felt the cases should be he lo loin in regular order in fairness both sides The defense h hajj hab quested presentation of th case first but the nj i argued it had arranged to bajI baj witnesses in the cases acco aca 1 to their docket order and w l' l at Lt a hardship to summon od otI state witnesses on such tol tice to prosecute the case which involves au all d i ants 1 11 The first three cases the docket are those of the ila Iu of Utah vs Albert Edmund to low state vs Morris Quincy and state vs David Brigham ger all three of whom are chi chi- with unlawful complaints Sees Time Saving Sa 1 Mr Patterson in ar argi continuance of the cases that if the court would allO continuation the defense fa save the court much tia time i I would result in many of thi thill A not going to district coin cod trial He said that th 1 being prepared in the ma matte mals the federal court would core con law from the tit tin the Hebrew children nJ d necessitated defense counseling counsel r ring ing on it day and night