Show A JUDICIAL OUTRAGE THE tae committal of ole L hansen on the flimsy evidence or rather the la lack ck of evidence against him is one of the judicial outrages of the times wedo we do not know or care whether the ahe man has committed polygamy or unlawful cohabitation as a matter of fact we do know that there has been nothing adduced in the shape of evidence of the greater and scarcely a shadow of evidence kofl the lesser alleged of fence the preponderance of testimony Is larg largely ely against either charge whatever that could he fairly called evidence was adduced against the accused except tae tac testimony of a man who had clear v a spite against the woman said to be hansens plural wife and incidentally against a the defendant de and this soc testimony was flatly contradicted by the evidence for the defence therefore we say that on the testimony presented in commissioner me mc keys court there was nothing that would in any other case than one a calust a mormon be counted aa a sufficient sum clent to place a man ia iii legal jeopardy the ob object hect seems ta be to put mormons cormons Mor Alor mons I 1 against whom the slightest coiro of pi probable pliable lable labie cause can be alleged to as much trouble and expense as possible s ibie ible under such a decision as that in the hansen case any man who has another lady staying in his house besides his wife or who obeys the scriptural injunction to visit the widow and the fatherless which is said to be 1 purd I pure ure and undefiled rell reli religion doll doil 12 is liable afif he Is 14 44 a marmont to be hauled lul lui be 40 fore a ina magistrate gi strate subjected to the hum lia ila to a of having his hlis wife and other othen members of his household down to little children eight rears years old forced into court to be questioned about his bis most moat private family relations and then on ona a mere were breath of suspicion or on the testimony of some spit spiteful if ul neighbor even if contradicted by competent evidence b incarcerated in the penitentiary among the thie vilest of criminals pending indictment and trial if unable to furnish excessive ball it this Is not in the nature of an outrage we do not know what would rightly be classed under that desi dest designation lia lla |