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Show Charles W. Penrose. Editor and BiutasM Mansxar. OGDEX, UTAH. 9-- T . Tnere is n. statute in this Territory II f A prescribing a form of marriage or desig-- 1 vU3U 1U1 Yesterday the trial of George Rey- Bating any particular persons before whom the ceremony must be performed nolds flSr violation of the entered into. To con or tbe Aet of 1802, whs resumed in the Third stitute agreement a marriage here where there are District Court. no civil requirements, a simple expresTbe defense admitting the fact of 4e sion of mutual consent between the par & fenduitt's marriage with Amelia J. Sche-fie- ld ties, henceforth, man nd wife, is .sum- me solemnities. eieni wunoin August 3d, 1874, 1). II. Wells was Tbe first marriage is admitted by the not defendant, by his counsel, in your hearing, and besides you have the testimony ; Tbe folly wing; was then presented by of a party who was present at the cere offer the defense with the of witnesses to (south side,) mony, wba says he saw them married facte tbe therein stated: prove This marriage once proved to exist The defense offer to prove that on the I aad the. wife shewn to be still living-- , it Opposite Coal Yard. 12th day of July, 1873, aad ter many is incumbent opon the respondent to years before, a numerous religious sect show that it has been annulled before commonly called Mormons, existed in he can avoid tbe consequences flowing the United States; that on that day a from this relation. If you ' find that revelation from God was received by while a former marriage existed, and Cash paid on delivery of all kinds them, enjoining celestial or plural mar- - within two years of the finding of this of Country Produce, riage as a religious duty and a sacra- - indictment (the 26th of October last) be meui; (bat a large numberaf Mortnons entered into such a relation with, tbe possessing this revelation and desiring party named in the indictment, as would HIGHEST MARKET PRICE to obey the commands contained in it, be a valid marriage, but for the prior in a from the States matrimonial union, your verdict should body emigrated GIYEN. where they bad previously lived, and on be guilty. tbe 24th dV of Jul V. 1817. arrived at In order ia make out thir i .irninsl Salt Lake, where thin court is now being the respondent, the government hat only SIliPPinjT SI SDCCiftltv! niAsem -- FrMajr Etenliij, April 2, IS 75. FIRST POLYC3 AM VTUIAL For the first time in our history a ' conviction has been obtained against Mormon" for polygamy, under the Act of Congress of '62. A jury, ein panneled under the provisions of the Poland Bill, has returned a verdict of "guilty" against Mr. George Key nplds. The jury was composed of " PlV.fl pqoll ffif ,11UUIU Polygamy Trial. She (Dfliktt gimtiion. both "Mormons" and "Gentiles." Their verdict should set at rest the fuUehood which hits traveled bo fur and so rapidly, haviig been circula ted by lightning, that it is iuipossi bie to obtain a conviction against a "Mormon" when there are "Mor mons" on the jury before whom he is tried. Thia triaV4s peculiar 3n other re spects than its pohiiion'as the primary polygamy case. The defendant was tried and convicted., without b- - That here they be- public of Mexico. came citizens of tbat republic, pursuant 4a dUl. ll,A.nf. t.UUlf il w u1, a iintji IUCT HLTO brought with the territory of Utah with- in the jurisdiction of the Uniied States bv tbe treaty between the United States and Mh!m in 1Ri. i,o( .t il .i I I 1 co, valid marriage with a woman still livinz. and a marriage while the prior 6ne existed within the time I bae ... . . : I IUCUUUUCU. . . 1. 1 WUUIU L VVVU I UliTQ 'J T&11U fv 4 T TATT OFFICE. ALEXANDER, "i church, aad a sincere believer in the verity of said revelation, and that it was his solemn duty to obey it; that this is the first proseoiion for polygamy in this territory; that he, in common with other intelligent Mormons, has alwavs hfiliR. ed that tbe act of Congress of 18G2, pur- porting to make polygamy a crime, con- trary to the Constitution of the United Stales, and tor tbis reason no prosecu- lions unaer it nave beon hitherto insti- tated; that Mormons generally, and tbis defendant in particular, are so firmly y T e Samuel .. ...... ' Judee Sutherland - .nn n. , . u m ., Off den Foreman.. moved to aet aside the verdict on the ground that . had not been arraign. d Pr,son ua1 Hot Pleat,ed to tbe indictment.court ruled that tho arraignment TK BEARDSLEY HOUSE . Bringhubst, .... . k 'uic known in American markets, among wear, we call attention to which, for Ladies' and Children's the Specialties of Edwin C. Burt, Sollera & Co., Sausser, Dangler & Co., and many other stylos of Shoes justly esteemed and . souaht for. - m REAXi ESTATE We-,B- has been enlarged to double its lormer capacity and is now displajing superior class of goods, embracing the most staple and popular styles attention is called to immense additions recently mads ' in any in our stock of Foreign and Domestic Leather and Shoe Findings. jt. . INSURANCE ing arraigned, .and jWithout having au opportunity of pleading "guilty" or "not guilty." The novelty of the Me must have driven the proprieties out of District Attorney Carey's bewildered held. The intention is, undoubtedly, to carry this case up to the Supreme Court of the UnitedStatesythat the f the act of 1862 constitutionality Eft be. tested and determined. ay well is known that the It pretty "Mormon" people take the gnund Uw is that the constitutional.. They had practised plural marriage nineteen jem before that law 'was enacted, IVwas passed with the special view of destroying the "Mormon" system of marriage. It was not made general in its application to tho Territories, but was aimed solely at Utahi ' It was well known, when as passed, that the Mormons" regarded marriage as ft sacrament, a religious ordinance, a divinely appointed ceremony,, affecting not only their welfare and their Finding Department of Z.C.M.I. at Salt Lake City, Particular ' 1 umcmmcncu ior xjisin but for the prior marriaee. Aa in all criminal cases, so in this.the quantity, and for COAL by the ton respondent is entitled to anv reasonable j UlOO-owear 1UU. : . ,lnK .A., after receiving said revelatien, during That Is, whether he actually contracted their migration to and always atter their a second marriage while the prior, one arrival in this territory, polygamy, as existed. This doubt should not be a uujuiucm iu mtij i cvmaiiiuiT, iittH ueen uupnuua uhv nuai you nave 10 sees alter tauffht to and believed in and nrunticail I J In hunt nn iindpi a rairm Ia nn.a.n among thera, as a sacred duty made the respondent, but a fair reasonable anown to mem Dy sum revelation; that aouDt, sucn a one as would naturally its effect has .bean benign morally and arise in the mind of a reasonable man, J). Next door to Foniofilce, Ogdcn. physically;that it is practiced as a cardi- - as to the existence of any fact which is mil and vital part of their religion, and aecessnry to be shown to exist, "in order Ton wish to sell a uoase. not at all is a cloak te lustful pleasure; to make out the act which constituted You wish to rt) ut house, that ia this territory there are now at tbe crime charged. Tbe facts' have been Yon with to loan money, You have money to loan, least 120,000 Mormons, nearly all of frw, and I apprehend you will have no You wiah any insurance on yanr property, wboia have. teen reared here.owe their difficulty ia arriving at a correct conclu- You wish any insurance o your life. birth to plural marriages, or are in some sios." Yob wish to niuke any inquiries whataoeTer, otaer way connected by sacred ties to After forty-fiv- e you will always find minutes absence the P111 ud "9e me . i uu uauu, . unt wttjULSi 1U3I11UI1UU CUIICU DOiVPfL- - I , r DRAFTS ON ANY PART OF EUROPE CAS BE ,0,10Wln8 Teralcl: my; tha. they believe it to be a divine Jurjrr UfiL'A.lill AT THE ABOVE OFFICE. JurT la tne cas of ,ne People institution, and that they will be indebt- dl5S-t- f JA!f ALEXANDER. ed for their highest happiness in anoth- - nt tB UDitetl States in tbe Territory of er life to their fidelity and obedience to L,an vs. Geerge Reynolds, indicted for it in this; that thia defendant hblds their P0,JKamy fin(i a verdict of guilty, and faith; that he is and has bean for mnro recommend the prisoner to the mercy of , , than ten years a member of the Mormon tue Coart. i PES DM.' I (rOaMBELT Junction. JUNCTION HOTEL:) the mRANSIEKT AND HOME CUSTOM SOLICITED and J. auu sausiacliou guaranteed. The not M. II. BEAHDSEEY. Pronrl-tr- . ..j : U9tt FRENCH STOCK (thesa goods for quality and finish are superior to anything known.) Joudot BanmcrTille. Saucier, Mercier, I.even, han. Simon, tCornelius Korro, Corneillan, Heigl. DOMESTIC STOCK: Wax. Hemlock and Oak Upper; Hemlock and Philadelphia Cull and Kip: Rnse(s; Pebble: Tamplco; Curaeoa; Oak and Hemlock Harness Leather; Sole Leather Santa Cruz And all the Latest Styles of Lasts. Ball'; Split; Welting; , ltouns ia all Colors; In short, our preparations for sun- plfing a large Spring trade ivill be found tiiorougii ana complete tn every Department of the Institution, w. H. HOOPER, uu w triftl immediately, when the defendant dl64-tf- . withdrew the motion, and J some j mis- -"landing ari.iS as to what should farble. or Sandstone Moncmentsj uc tue utii oie(j id me mauer, ise case aot of Congress as they regard the CUT AND LETTERED BY next Tuesday, Mr. liaing been pusied in consequence of a was laid over until miseoDoeption of the religious sbaracter Reynolds being released under bonds of orttie Jluroion people, and that imposes $o,0O0. . aiAl OTKlSEr OT.IIF.V under the name of punishment an adJi- far- once. The best and cheapest in the market. for The Only tional cross which thejr nrist bear loful- d9-t- f ui taeir duties; that, while they naio- - famed Lingards and the celebrated How.i . n .. t c annua,i. nuiu lueee pains ana pen- ard Paul, at, the Ogden Theatre. The IfUV bllclK CtCl- - ran J u bma are to alties, they bear them whole company is good, willing , nil interests in all worlds to come1. It efery Member Being about to leave for Europe I will sell off my stock of Goodi rattier tiiau lose (be high estate in au of it wor'.h Go. For programme seeing. to other life be gained by celestial mar was a blow aimed at an essential part iee advertisement. This is the only op Consisting of of their relis ion, legislation framed Huge, ine prosecution objected to evidence portnnity Ogden will have ta witness against what they regarded as a divine oa these points, and the objeotion was their excellent entertainment, as they are billed for Virginia City on Monday. revelation, and as much, a part of sustained. The defense excented. s their practical faith and ecclesiastical No evidence was offered for the de- Three Unit Ci stombks. This morn ! system as boptism or the Lord's sup- fjnael and no arguments- were presented ing V.'m. Adams, FrmiK Grahnm and oa either side. , per. Inasmuch as Congress is profellows, Emerson charged the jury as Wm. Lee, three rough-lookihibited from mating any law concern- .Judge were brought before Alderman Thomson Shoes, Caps, follows ing the practice of religion, or . Gentlemen charged oa complaint of Wm. Chugjr, of the Jury: The defendant AT PRICES WHICH prohibiting the free exercises thereof, is etiareed with the violation of the fol with disturbing tbe peace and resisting officers in the of their duty discharge they have always regarded this lowing statute of the United States, viz Mr. John notiruiltv. They each pleaded i .j enactment .as spesial r avery person having a husband or Rp sitsnriod in it.i. unconstitutional and void. who living, wtio snau marry any other rvntr.i . in Hitherto ho point at issue lias person, whether married or niBB-lnThe e"i(1eace showed that the brakes Territory of the United States or other . . . , ueeu uuug'ju pcisisiuuuy oy mo inosi place over which the United States have man on the Utah Central freight trail, ! exclusive jurisdiction, shall, except in last night, on teaching KiitsVire, dig- open and antagonists of ".Moruioa" polygamy Even tho action, be adjudged euiltv of biiramv. COvereJ lhe lhree u,un ln ft box oar- and upon oonviction thereof shall be I informed the Conductor, Mr. Win. Chugg,Judge with a mission seemed afraid punished by a fine not exceeding five who asked them tor thir lure. lie whs ' to fight "polygamic theooVaey" with V of oa,.,, and on iff T, " " the only weapon Congress " had d99-3'jM'vvmi:, their to refusal vided, nevertheless., (hat this aeotinn pay or leave the car, Ogden. manufactured -- for - tho purpose. shall not extend o any person, and a rock at he reason locked hurling him, by Territorial statutes , that could of any former marriage, whose husband them in the car till they reached Ogden, or wife by such marriage, shall havt not, by the utmost stretch of absurd Deea absent lor nve successive years where he communicated with the officer! On approaohing the car the olEcers without being known to such person ity, be made to reach the point", were within that time to be living; nor any were greeted with profane language, resorted to and, bent and twisted and person by reason of any former mar-rla- and tbe men 'made a terrible noise. which shall bave been dissolved elongated, to touch and pi roe jt, car with rocks, and : v . ,: T n ' by the decree of a competent court; nor pounding ou theThe but' all in vain'. car was opened. r to, any person by reason of any former blaspheming. Judge-Emerson- , which shall have been annul- - and the prisoners tukea into custe- bowever,"has met her issue squarclV k We . hay'; no led or pronaitnted void by the teatence dy; Abiel Aob.tt taking Lee. Peter coun OB toe ' V. "feieni i.r.,i.. j securing Graham, and fautt t&findif jtu him. He charged grounq 01 me nuuuy ENGLISH, SCOTCH AND AMERICAN er the marriagi Franklin Hill Adams. K: escorting cpniraoi", They the jurj according to his conception iujtfuci yen that congress had the went quietly to the City Hall, where XL ! of the-laandthe jifty gavertfieir power totals this law, Und that it is not CO they made a break for liberty. A gen ia of violation of the any provision cob vodiet according to his instructions. siiiution; in other words, tbat it is con eral Bciiflli ensued, Marthal Brown Both judge and jury did their duty, stitutional, and" that a person who "is coming to the scene and taking hand. Of the Finest Qualities manufactured, on draught a such of or in bottle, Peter guilty more.'. MeFarland was nteria(t.int struck oa Afiot the question of the side marriage .nothing . is guilty of the head, and Lee j.um siaisie pcuiuuvvu fjy "the" legality of the "present" vefdictj oi crime got away, while ALSO, A CHOICE ASSORTMENT OF tinder the peculiar 'circumstances of And l'further instruct you that the Abbott and Brown had a tsugh time in respondent's religious belief can have getting the other two into the lock up. the trial, has been decided, the ease nothing to do with the case. He cannot Ia fact, Officer Abbott had to use con will be started on its tedious path up shield himself from the puuishment for siderable Home, Mountain Dew, Pipifax, U. S., Victoria and California his force, physical bruising doing What the law declares te be a fists somewhat Wine Bitters, to the eourt of last resort. It will criaie before he could lock tbe under a pies' that the 'aot is in accordance-witdoor. He and tbe Rehis Marshal be watched with peculiar interest by then started religious blief. CHEAPER THAN ANYWHERE IN OGDEN CITI, 'is not violated when the out after the ligious escaped man, whom they people of all shades of opinion on. so- citizen tsliberty called upon to answer for bis found and at Becoming ob cial and religious questions, and external acta, which are in violation of a valid law Of. the land streperous they had te drag him by force Before you can lawfully eonvict th'e t the lock-ueult, the ''Mormon" people will have respondent you must find fr the facts The culprits had nothing to say perti fall faith in the divine origin pf ths either proved' or admitted before you in nent to the defense. Adams, the biggest evidence, lhat' while a prior legal maror SEAR iu THE LITER! the trio, complained of an awful riage existed between him and the perprinciples that have guided theui son namel in the indietrnent as Mary bruise,.pu his ribs, inflicted by Officer relatiou to it, hitherto, aud in the Jane adulterated. All of the best selection. TudJenham, hi entered4nto suoh Abbott, from which he thought he would jxiwer of Providence to control th a relation with the person earned in the not recover for weeks. indictment as Amelia J. Scbofield, as ismis according Jo, His own pleasure The A'iderraaa reserved his decision wjuld have "been a' vnlid inarriare and JiM u. 1 till i p. a. ll: it-w- . MONUMENTS. J ames -- Fowler, Surt. SI LI Ml GENTS' - FURNISHING GOODS ng Hats, : ... anti-religio- Boots and Notions, Ac, DEFY COMPETITION! ki,if Must be Sold Without Reserve loud-spoke- ZrI - S. h PLONSKY, Main Street, CLARK'S! WINE AND LIQUOR DEPOT . nuu-riag- ALE il BJ jl BEER " SCOTCH AND IRISH WHISKEY! h ' p. - f. CLARK'S LIQUOR STORE, Main Street, Off den, Utah XHE CHOICEST BRANDS OF ClGABSl dsosiy. W.H.CLARK Exwietor |