Show APO abo APOSTLE SiLE JOHN 11 II SMITH ARRESTED CHARGED WITH UNLAWFUL cohabitation WITH nis HIS WIVES at about half past 9 this borni morning n w while h i 1 e apostle il p 0 S t le john hen henry ry 8 smith in I 1 t h was va s d doing 0 1 n g s some 0 m e w work 0 r k I 1 in n f front r of df his home in the seventeenth ward deputy collins ap approached 1 broached and arrested him on a charge of unlawful lawful cohabitation the complaint on which the warrant of arrest W was as issued was sworn to by marshal ireland and alleges that theat the defendant did between the first lay day of august 1882 and the first day of june 1885 in salt lake county utah territory unlawfully cohabit with sarah farr smith and josephine groesbeck as his wives mrs sarah F smith jos groesbeck mrs john morgan geo geoa A smith and mrs jane doe loe miss arnold had been subpoenaed to appear as witnesses and the prell preil preliminary examination amina tion before Commissi commissioner oner mckay began at 10 joseph groesbeck brother of josephine hine was called and testified that he rad ead had known defendant for about eight years his sister Josephine hine lived at home in the seventeenth wardani War dand had done so as long iong as he could remember which was about eighteen years she had three children the eldest Sarah being five or six years of age agel the the child was sometimes called by bv the surname smith the youngest child was about seven months old did not know who its father was but defendant was reputed buted to be had seen defendant at the rouse gouse honse house and take meals with the children occasionally n ally aily the occupants of tue the house were wl witness t ness his sister josephine and her chil chii children d ren ann miss arnold the defendant h had ad never stayed at t the e house at night miss sarah arnold knew josephine groesbeck and also defendant did not know who provided for the family the children were v ere called smith h had a 1 I seen defendant at the hous house three ethreL or four times did not know how often but not oftener than once in a week took his meals there occasionally had not seen him there either cither in the morning or evening he did not stop there at night george A smith son of the defendant was called ills his mother was sarah sarahh farr smith she lived at home witness lived there too but had been away most of the lime time during the past three years had been home the past few months his mother had five children tile the youngest a year or two old his father lived at home had seen him there though he had been out of the country for sometime did not know how long defendant returned home a couple of months a ago aa a witness did not think his mother gad sad had been absent with his father but did not know as he nad bad been attending school at provo for the last three years knew kaew jose josephine groesbeck did not know whether she had been away or not during the time witness had been at home his father was there except when he was out attending to his busine business s at the request of the district attorney the examination was continued until 4 this afternoon to enable the prosecution to find more witnesses and the defendant was released in 1500 bonds hugh huh anderson and samuel A merritt becoming sureties |