| Show TIIE THE FIRST DISTRICT COURT j EDITOR CONVICTED I 1 MORMON newspapers MUST NOT CRITICISE THE tue OR ACTIONS OF TIIE THE SACRED FEDERAL OF OFFICIALS LIBELOUS antl ANTI 6 lor MON ASSAULTS QUITE PROPER OGDEN CITY ulah utah U tah dec 19 editor deseret news vows I 1 have already telephoned you yon the result of the trial of charles charies W hemenway on the charge of li beling several federal officials the arguments ments menta pro et ec con in the case were concluded about 4 on friday afternoon and the case was given to the jury who retired to consult on their verdict Ina lna in a little less jess than an hour and a half they returned into room and rendered their judgment GUILTY as charged in the indictment no one was surprised at this as the public mind bete here hereabouts was vas fully prepared for it the court did not increase the bonds of the defendant although asked to do so by the prosecution oll the ath the editor will receive his sentence abo about tit which there is a great leal ideal of conjecture and speculation just now while quite a 3 number of antl anti mor alor mons are jubilant over the result of th the triai trial mr hemenway has the sympathy pa t by 0 niame roas friends here bere and i elsewhere el 0 o here I 1 this morning the courtroom court room was well weil filled after alter jhb usual opening A 4 SOLEMN SILENCE REIGN reigned 21 in the hall hah and the audience listened with almost breathless attention to tha the comments sad and ruling of judge powers on the demurrer oi of mr hemenway to the charge ef of libel ol 01 chef chief justice C 8 zane wano zano ca the Sup renda reTaa court of utah Terri terni toryS I 1 his bonor honor ead yead the libelous art article lele leie emphasizing a number oi of passa passages es and commenting and strongly gi upon them the were severe he eald said TO rm stronger st renaer language oo 00 ol 01 i be used than were contal contained md in the article in ques question estmon estton tion and if wey they were not IN CHARACTER he lie knew not what were in the course of his remarks be li said the court meant by the defendant was the third district court the judge was chief justice Cli charies charles arles aries S zahie zahe who presides over the court of last resort irl in this territory t hat that he was a gentleman of high sta standing ng great learning and as estimable ti I 1 ble bie character the referred to by the writer was in the case of vandercook who was before the court on a writ of habeas corr corp corpus af ent ant and whom W Q be innocent until baa has been proven to be guilty his honor honar said the decision rendered in the case by liv the chief justice WAS A JUST DEC DECISION isid 1816 that it was not crooked 11 but straight und and ind that the article in question was a libel on judge za zaue baue U e the demurrer was therefore overruled and the trial of this case was set for monday the lust his ilo tio honors nors ruling was fully anticipated antici by many I 1 in a this community and had bad a contrary decision been rendered refi refa delred there would have been much surprise manifested at it after the judge had ruled on the demurrer he said in a sort of conversational style he wished the press of this territory Terri tor hor the influence of which is sor so powerful powerful would change its cou cour seand cease to publish articles which in their character were inflammatory and tend to excite and array one faction of the tile public mind against the other writers should use the tha great power they possess for good to promote peace and aud not leaf lead the people up to PERILOUS TIMES ills his honor said that unless this is done dond the people will feel ere long iong that they can put no trust or confidence in what they read in the public press this the conductors of public newspapers have great power for good or evil and they ought to use that power well and prop eriv erly the reporters present listened to the exhortation of the court on thia thib important matter with much math inter inU restano estand I 1 would humbly suggest that you e om mend the advice to your WR VY EBER B E R imri |
