Show irle irie urle urie hapu Happ lerit people the happiest people in the country today to day perhaps are the members of the church of the latter day saints in utah A short time ago they were under a very dark cloud the prophet president most moat of the ruling baling elders and other men high in authority were in jail or under heavy bonds to await their trials for murder adultery and most of the other crimes known to the criminal law some members of this society had already been tried and imprisoned for high crimes and meanous mea nors but now comes a decision of the supreme court of the united states declaring all the proceedings void from the beginning the judge who issued the processes the marshal who exe executed cut them the attorney who manage managed the prosecution the jailor who received the prisoners all are trespassers all the acts of the territorial judiciary and the executive officers of the court are declared by the court of high appeals to be usurpations the men who have been arrested have under the decision a clear cause of action for fase fatse imprisonment the federal omm off meers leers of the territory of utah havo have incurred expenses to the amount of over for conducting these trials As the proceedings ce have all been declared illegal it Is sald said the secretary of the treasury will be prevented from paying any part of this bill it is also said thattie that the alleged offenders of the law in utah can riot nod now be tried under the laws of the united states inasmuch as they have already been put in jeopardy altogether these utah trials have had bad a very bad effect and they show what comes from having third rato rate lawyers and fifth rate politicians for judges prairie fw farmer Parmer mer |