Show APOSTLE GEO eoj 1 I shortly before 10 mon 1 day morning apostle geo gee Q cannon gave himself up to U S marshal dyer to answer the charge that has been pending against him for living with his wives lie he drove up to to the federal court bouso bous am i in a carriage carriage and accompanied by his hia attorneys F S richards and legrand young went direct to tho the marshals office A few minutes later and before the o opening ening of tho the court lie he entered the file court zoom loom and took a slat scat SL at within the bar the news that apostle cannon had surrendered himself spread rapidly and within a moments the court room was filled with spec tabors when n the court was opened abo proal proceedings adi ga at once began mr peters if your honor please goo geo Q cannon is in court and desires to bo be arraigned on en two indictments that arc pending against him in this court for unlawful cohabits tion clerk mcmillian read the first indictment covering from july 2 1885 to dec 31 1885 to mr cannon who entered a plea of guilty F S richards counsel for the defendent defendant if your lionor honor please mr cannon is desirous of waving his right to have judgement jud gement passed at some future date and asks that sentence ruay may be pronounced at th present time mr peters I 1 suggest 0 that ho be be arraigned on the oth other er indictment please mr richards wo we have no objection to that the clerk of tho the cault then read the decoud indictment the period in which is from march 21 1886 to sept 15 and to which mr cannon also pleaded guilty mr peters 1 I 11 now ow move mova jud judgment ent it if our bour hon honor or please inas much as lie he has waived time court addressing mr cannon cannen have you any reason why the sentence of the court should not now be pronounced upon you mr cannon no reason court been arraet arraigned na ned under the indictment just now read to you and by your plea of guilty you admit that you have committed the offense with which you have been ebara ed it now remains for the cou con rt to pass its sentence upon you your plea of guilty has saved the government the expense and laboroi trial and your submission is an acknowledge ment a tacit admission that you urmit yourself your youre elf to tho the authority of the law and admit the supremacy of the law which every man must how bow to and give obedience to the offense to which you have pleaded guilty is made by the statute of congress a misdemeanor and the punishment fixed by that statute is either a fine not to exceed or imprisonment lor for six months or both within the direction of vie fie court I 1 am not unmindful that you have submitted submit ed yourself your rolf seIf to the court that you have spared the government tho the expense of trial and that so far as I 1 know this is your first appearance am I 1 right 0 mr peters the first time ho he has been charged with this offense of cour seit implies the commission of the offense of polygamy which is now barred by tho the statute of limitations tat ions court that is not before the nourt court continuing the court said taking into consideration these circumstances cum stances I 1 impose upon you an and thie is the sentence of the cour court t that you pay a fine of arid and that you yo u be imprisoned in tho the penitentiary iten timy seventy five days mr pe peters that is but one case your honor please court that is on the first indictment mr peters I 1 now move for judgment on the second your honor court to defendant have hav yell any reason why the sentence of the court should not now lie be pronounced upon you louon on the second indictment mr cannon no tir sir court I 1 am under the provisions of the statute enacted to boj coer this thia offense authorized as I 1 just now stated to impose upon you certain limited punishment in this case care I 1 impose upon you a further punishment the sentence of the court is that you pay a fine of aud ald that you he be incarcerated in the tha penitentiary on one 0 hundred bundred days in answer to a question by mr the court said the second sentence would begin at tho the termination mi nation of the first the mi raal then took the defendant in charge and as the latter passed out of the court room a number of his friends shook hands with him and bade him farewell ir in the Mars marshals bals ofil office ce mr Cati cannons three eldest sons took leavo leave 0 of him arid and he be was then conducted down stairs to second sauth street where a conveyance was in waiting wailing 0 and in which lie ho was taken in the custody of marshal dyer to the pe penitentiary ni tent iary awret news |