Show now HOW indictments ABE ARE PRO CUBED CURED an rini readers will remember the ca case ease be f john spiers 1 P of plain city ho was was indicted by the grand ury nry fo for sis jis issuing suing a warrant for the arrest I 1 of a cattle thief on the ground that not having his commis on from froin the governor ho he was not a th 1 facto justice of the peace ali hough dough he W was vas as appointed to the i ilce lice ince and had duly qualified ac birding to law the case occasion 1 much comment as it came up HC if the same time as the raid upon tho ladies of plain city several of hom horn were forced from their ho homes mes meg ii on a trumped up charge of illegal voting it was was evident to many maby who i at ched the matter matteri that personal 1 I the whole prose A cution and those who were ac with the local affairs of e t ain city G ity were at no loss to ds djs wn orn eru enu th the of the attack an arid d he ilie spleen that occasioned it but hut now comes a resident of that who makes the follow i ng tig affidavit t which we clip elip from 1 me lie O ogden oon on junction of ef yesterday AFFIDAVIT territory of L utah weber county j Es william L I 1 stewart being by me liuis sworn on n his hh oath says that lia ila 11 a is aged thirty years that be he re hues moes at plain city weber county lilah territory that he know knows sone one Moroni Skeen who resides at that place that the said IN moroni foroni skeen was WIs a meru mera member er of the grand jury frn fin paneled 1 by the united states district court judicial district nat fit the territory of df utah outing fining the la last st sur gur gummer bummer nitter that he 3 riat en was a member owsald of maid paid grand orand jury at ai the ti time a the indictment waa wats found round against one john spiers of gald gaid L ald haid plain city that on the ich day of augustad august A D 1877 at lie liw tie city of in the county it r weber an ad territory territory he was in ill company alth the said moroni 1 shuen sheen aforesaid atthe th the said mo ibid iani i bid jid sheen skeen told tills this affiant at the above mentioned time and place cibat lid would use his ab fluence as a private citizen and as a member of the grand jury to crush john johl ri piers t meaning the aforesaid john spiers ut AM the ibe E same me time striking ii lils itis is hand upon hib his knee saying 1 hit hat he use his bis his I 1 influence abo to help mb god oud during all the eon ron unive rAtion lie he said skeen marl mail mani I 1 isted sted animosity and bit ruess of feeling against the said joh john n spiers aforesaid and further saith not I 1 WM Is STE stewart subscribed tand land sworn t 0 before bufore tn ill I 1 this lay aay of sept 1877 1 ls 10 0 jwj fj Q CHAS onas TAS H BENEDICT A notary ru public alic weber co U T this pills hi malier mailer Is worthy worthy of invests grand jurors are not sup loed coed 1 oed ander ind erthe the law jaw to be selected with a view to the thu gratification of ler per personal spite hoi woi nor the exercise ex erciso of religious bigo tryl if john spiers nia fia lias wilfully yio Tio violated the law ht he ought tb to be subjected to tho the penally penalty but if his indictment was pt pric prie e arelo answer the ends of offal mat mai HM loo animosity the irand twilo was the thief actor in the conspiracy should be prosecuted and dealt with as the law directs 1 wiil will the U S district attorney be as diligent in this matter aa as in seeking beeking to place ladies in for voting the peopled peoples ples pled ticket under the firm condic tion liin llin liln that they had the righetto right to do so we shall see |