| Show A THEORY exemplified LAST friday we analyzed the segre gatin gruling upon the edmunds law by judge zane by whom the grand orand jury was authorized to find any desired nuna nura number berof berot of indictments against one man for unlawful cohabitation taking it in connection with the claim that the statute was made exar expressly es kly kiy sly to catch the authorities of the mormon church we held that the late construction was invented to grade the punishment accordant according accor ding dInT to the victims ecclesiastical position it could be made all the way from imprisonment for six months and a fine of bf three hundred dollars to a life incarceration already has this thid theory received a verification in the case of hugh S gowans who was arraigned this morning mornin in to answer to three indictments for the same offense the segregating principle c having been applied in his case walle ile lle the 1 others who were before the court to plead vid had iid only to answer to one indictment the exemplification of the theory we advanced lies in the fact that elder gowans is president of a stake while the tire other persons persona placed in jeopardy occupy more humble bumb e positions tiong the inference is indisputable disputable n that one indictment has been found on ow account of an alleged infraction of I 1 the law against a amz man living with his wives and the other two for being a president of a stake reasoning from that standi standpoint standpoint it appears th athis atlis occupancy 1 0 of 2 a 6 dignified position in the mormon I 1 church I 1 is a crime of double magnitude compared with an infraction 7 of the law the matter appears to involve a question of bf degree about like this if imprisonment for one yean year and ands a fine of COO 00 is estimated to lean tear be a proper penalty for the horrible crime of being a stake president what would be justly appropriate for an apostle or any other relative ecclesiastical officer of more or less importance we pr presume estime that notwithstanding their eccentricities the courts courte run on the anti antl mormon I 1 plan imagine they are arc entitled to be ba held in respect and an raise their backs like irate felines at the slightest symptom towar toward d them of contempt which their theli infamous course aswell Is well deli calculated to inspire |
