| Show THE TAE REYNOLD REYNOLDS 3 oase CASE As there are rumors in c circulation 1 that bro george reynolds has been arrested in bon sequence of the reported ruling of the U S supreme court on his appeal it is perhaps advisable for us to make a few remarks on the subject the telegraphic dispatch cony conveying ey the intelligence id of the dec decision lalon la Is only a news report and is entirely unofficial before any action can be bbs taken against the defendant in the casey case the ruling of the higher court must be transmitted to the supreme court of this territory and thence communicated to io th the third district court before which the trial was wa conducted no arrest can take place until the proper formalities havo have been complied compiled with it ignot is not at all impossible that the telegraphic report contains some inaccuracies while it is most likely correct that the court of last resort under popular pressure has ruled ahat that the anti antl poly is constitutional it Is still etui probable 0 that the rulings 0 of the lower lder courts have haie not all been sustained by the higher aa we intimated yesterday there were irregularities in the proceedings in the district court which it was widely believed would be decided in favor of the appellant and thus necessitate a new trial among them arg are these theses at the first trial brother reynolda 1 second wife appeared in court and gave testimony in relation to her marriage with the defendant evidence EvId enco of the marriage with his fint first wife was obtained from her paren parent tsi tso but this trial was invalidated in consequence of the illegal empanel ing of the grand jury which found the indictment at the second trial the second wife did not appear the subpoena issued for her appearance was returned it was waa not shown that the witness was dead or that due diligence had been used to procure her attendance and the court permitted two persons who had been present at the former trial to testify that they heard her give such and such evidence on that occasion this is irregular hud and contrary to the general practice the grand jury which indicted the defendant was according to the territorial statute ana and not according tu to federal law and the indictment being for an offense against the latter the grand jury it ia is contended should have been according to the laws lawa of the united states then there were petit j U ors some accepted and others rejected 3 it is alleged improperly two supposed to be anti mormon were acce accepted pt although they admitted having expressed or formed an opinion as to the guilt of the defendant the court overruling the challenges against them others mormons cormons Mor mons 1 l were rejected who had formed no opinion on the subject but simply declined answering irrelevant questions in regard to polygamy WS f mas mau taa amr on which the appeal was grounded ds and the ruling of the supreme court on these has not vf pot hu haon h U ac au WA W gif x waiting until the full text of the decision is had before deciding upon the status of the case or eav saying much upon the arguments of f the chief justice Just ieh leb we are pleased to see that there is no excitement over this matter and to td note the calm reliance upon the almighty which is exhibited by the saints generally in view of the reported ruling odthe of the court of last resort |
