Show FIRST DISTRICT COURT OGDEN T CITY utah january 4 1886 LORENZO LOIt ENZO SNOWS SECOND THIAL TRIAL shortly after ten today to day the court was opened in tha the usual manner the interest of the thu public in the proceedings ce was unabated the roop roon was filled with spectators and many others vain yain to gain admission tho tty bar was well represented SPECIALLY INTEREST SH parties inside the bar were apostle lorenzo snow president C F middleton bleton david M stuart james H nelson sear soar chas W hemenway james taylor and james al brown frank wheeler who wito had been convicted of grand larceny was sentenced to five in the penitentiary tent lary iary james M brown who had been convicted of assault under color of authority tho rity was requested to tell if he had any reason wh why Y sentence should not be passed on fit him nim and he stated that he had bad lived here bete all his bis we life had never wronged any one but always tried to do his duty as a citizen and an officer he proceeded to justify his course in the matter with v which he is char charged 9 edwion whon when THE till COURT STOPPED nim HIM and defendant said ho he had nothing f further ur to state he was sentenced to pay a fine of 40 and to remain in thebus the custody of the marshal till the fine was wa 1 paid Jack Hayes Hajes charged and connected with an attempt to commit rape rade was sentenced to the county lali jail all for three months david ivi ill stuart convicted on his own plea of unlawful cohabitation wita his own wives was arraigned etc in response to the usual question he ie said he was born in scotland in 1826 joined the mormon church in 1842 1812 immigrated to this country in 1845 1843 when be he became an american citizen or rather declared his intention to become such and subsequently subsequent y completed the requirements for citizenship zen ship in 1847 HE CAME TO ile he related some incidents of the journey bourney to and arrival in ira this region and said that in 1849 be he went to california with a company 0 to o search for and dig gold after being bein there where sacramento now standa stands for some time he was calletto called to preach the gospel in california and other places until the arrival of johnsons army in this territory ile he subsequently came to ogden unmarried here he accepted adopted and practiced plural marriage in good falth faith ile he served several arms terms in the city council but when the edmunds kawwas law was passed he stepped down and out from civil office and became dis franchised in 1884 ho removed part of his hus family from his farm in the country to ogden in which action he became involved iu in debt I 1 in 1885 he heard the court was in mcglon session when on being indicted he came inlo inco court under charge mcharge 0 ot ahe ithe meers officers off acknowledged his offense AND PLEADED GUILTY lullay ile he wag was waa again present to receive san sentence the court said do you mr stuart intend to promise to obey the law in the future defendant replied that he wished wish wished pd tc to retain his agency and therefore had H R in thisie ap elect lect to make h new aromise new that if in the future he broke brok the law he must take the consequences the court then addre addressed seq the de do 1 fondant la the style usually him hiru under s similar circumstances aud and endeavored to convince him bo he was way in fit tile the wrong ile ho said he had been jed led to believe tha thai it mr stuart was one rt ot those who would in the future obey the law but he was waa misled in the matter he iii therefore sentenced him to incarceration in the I 1 penitentiary FOR VOR gix SIX MONTHS I 1 and to pay a line fine of and costs of court and stand committed until such payment be made charles W hemenway charged with libel stood up and the court bald baid it was understood that defendant had haa promised jn ju the future to obey otey the law aw and whatever others might do that he as r refrain ef ml 11 from such conduct and the tho libelous language ua e defendant assented to the demands of the court and sentence i in this case was deferred till tilt the esth of 0 february next that the court might i satisfy itself of the good faith of ie the defendant in this matter in the snow case defendant filed a further farther plea in br bar on the ground thal that hal bat he had already been indicted and convicted of the same offense that the other two indictments charged and that therefore they should be barred out the counsel forthe for the defense proceeded to show that the she offenses charged in these two indictments were only a continued offense offen and in his bis remarks judge harkness quoted statutes and authorities to 10 sustain his position the arguments how everi everl went foi lot nothing the plea was disallowed and it was ordered that A JURY BK BE IMPANELED to proceed with the trial of daut on the remaining indictments at a 2 pm p in sure 1 I olsen was ort ori or i dered tu to stand up ile he had bad pleaded guilty to the charge of grand larceny lai ceny the thu court read a communication signed by a large kumher of officials and leading citizens of salt lake city bearing testimony to hia bia former uniformly foral excellent moral upright and honest course and conduct as a citi zei husband and father statin stating that thoe those who were acquainted with him were utterly at a loss to account for the action of which he b was convicted the prosecuting witness was in full sympathy with the writers of the letter to the court and asked that in this case SENTENCE BE du SUSPENDED after admonis admonishing him the defendant in a feeling manner and administering good advice and counsel to him hlin his I 1 honor onor said sentence would be suspended during his future rood nood conduct mr olsen who appear appeared d to be much impressed with the kind offices of his friends and the cl clemency emeney of the court left the hall of justice a free freeman man the jury now beltra made to try the se segregated re abed charge of unlawful cohabitation duning during the year 1884 the case IV was a s p proceeded r with the challe chaile was waa sta stated t e d by mr Blet bler bierbower bower for ule uie pros prosecution cution cation the defense was conducted by F S richards R harkness M kirkpatrick it K williams ll 11 C C richards and 11 11 II mrs sarah snow was the first witness called she recognized mr snow inov as her husband during the year 1884 but did not know whether he acknowledged heras henas her hen as his wife witness be lieveld that defendant called at her I 1 house bouse several times say two or three times during 1884 he ile stayed BUT bur A FEW MINUTES at each call he had the same number of wives in that year as at present seven witness in 1884 lived in her own house in brigham city she did not live with defendant during that year as his wife neither did he eat or sleep at her house during that time timp two of the calls dalls were maae made made to inquire after the condition of a sick daughter buth bukh bug but he edid did not remain during these visits to exceed tive live minutes harriet snow and eleanor snow show next in turn occupied the stand the questions and answers being the same substantially ly as those in the evidence of sarah snow mrs minnie snow was next called had lived in the brick house since may 1882 defendant was home more moret br less during that year but she did not know cheth whether er n he e w went en t vi visiting s biting all ali any other persons or not ile he lived with the witness during the year issi 1884 and had he lived with any other person during any part of bf that year in brigham eity city witness would have known it mrs lorenzo snow jr was called but nothing new elicited frank H snow testified that he saw defendant several times in brigham brn Bri chaHi chahl city in various places during 1884 but never that he could remember at the old homestead lucius A snow said all the defendants an s wives were generally known and acknowledged as such by the defendant aud and others had also seen his mother and the defendant at the home of witness together some time in 1884 witness lived on the farm about two miles from the city ile ho then said he to make a statement to the effect that his hia mother 1 harriet snow was at present as much the wife of the defendant as sh she dever deven even ever was that he did not lot cat cut or br sleep in the hause of witness mother daning daring 1884 but that did not make the slightest difference to her status as his wite wife for lor suh such she was i mrs mary snow testified that she j wasi wasl married to defendant in fit 1857 1 but had not lived with him as us a wife for eleven years il past ast ile he had sometimes called calle dorther on her as any other gentleman r amo cihat she could remember during 1884 dr daj J B carrington oa knew defendant the women whose names bad been mentioned had bad been and were still known a the wives of lorenzo snow he hd visited baited the old holn hoin homestead estead ontjo occasions on oil professional business and sawn the defendant there to inquire after the condition ot his sick daughter this was in 1884 1881 U V 1 S deputy marshal vandercook wa was called and stated that he arrested the defendant in the bulck brick housein brigham city about the of nov nor eini ber bet 1885 ri I 1 V frank sno snow w as was then therl recalled to identify the diagram that was introduced at the former trial and the prosecution rs rested I 1 the caad was then continued till IQ on tuesday mor ning a r i WEBER |