| Show mole MORE JUDICIAL OUT ON ox saturday evening counsellor Couns ollor daniel H wells was sentenced by judge P H emerson temporarily preg presiding iding la in the third district court to pay a fine of one hundred dollars and to be imprisoned for two days the thel offense alleged against almb finx being g contempt of court in not sass aass certain questions by district attorney PT P T van zile in the miles case base he lie was taken taki at once by marshal sh shaugh aug auk h nesky to io the penitentiary w where here a room was allotted to him and he was treated with kindness the consignment of this honorable and venerable gentleman to a prison designed only for fon felons felona and criminals of the deepest dye dyo dyels ia generally viewed vie viewed ned wed as an infamous out rage jew gentile and mormon so far as we have heard unite in feelings of indignation at this perversion of justice and tyrannical exercise of judicial power the witness did not act in a contemptuous manner the court was not wot ot rn insulted neither was its dignity assailed the questions asked were vere hera bera not atily only unnecessary for lor the burp purposes oses of Ju lice tice but were impertinent and prompted by pry fag lag callosity and in fulfillment fulfilment of a boat boast previously made by the ap interrogator terro gator the witness was under a religious obligation which was to him as sacred as anything could be under heaven to secret under heaven to secret preserve the things ho he was asked to divulge supposing that the court considered the witness wrong wronmin in declining to answer the fhe questions propounded all ali the circumstances being considered si a fino fine of small smail a nall nali would have vindicated the alleged nights rights of the court and amply supported its dignity but w wb dispute depute the right of the attorney at torney to ask a any UY such question as th ose which he put pul mt to th related the a witness they related td tda a dress dresa said baid to ba be worn wor n in certain secret religious ceremonies concerning only the initiated the object in yiew view ras raa to prove the marriage the defendant in the case with of i emily spencer the prosecution expected to prove tun tin and aud d did aid offer aa evidence by the chief witness who was waa ready and wilting wiffing and apparently antiona to tell teli what she knew and much more about the thep ceremonies she ahe had agreed to keep secret that emily errill Y spencer was in the endowment house on a tied led day clothed in the dress referred to but it was shown that this dress was not peculiar to nor the sign of a marriage ceremony because it was worn on other occasions and at other ceremonies besides marriage further the wit nebs ness held as in contempt stated that marriages were sometimes solemn zed without the dress referred to but the district attorney was determined ter mined if possible to force the witness to break his sacred obligation and render himsel himself contemptible in his own eyes and in the estimation of his religious associates en in this course he was sustained by ohe the Cour courland tand failing to accomplish what had been boated boasted would be done malice suggested the punishment that was inflicted supposing a man was killed in a masonic Loc lodge lgee igge either by accident or design and a member of tho the order was on trial for homicide would it be necessary for the prosecuting attorney to ask a witness to describe tha cut clit and color of the aprons worn or the form torm of the insignia used in the tha ceremonies and if he to ask would a true mason answer as required would he not prefer to keep his obligation to the order rather than that which an au impertinent and browbeating attorney chose to consider was his obligation to the law and if the witness declined to answer such questions is there therea a ludge Judge in the he united states who wa would dare daie to send him to a prison I 1 erected only for the worst of crim I 1 if these cases are not strictly par all nil elthe advantage is on the side bide of president wells and the sacred cause which he represented in court 3 for he was under obligations to the most moat high god the grand master chief architect and supreme ruler buler of the universe to keep keepin in his own bosom the secret things that belong to god there is no truly honorable man or woman who will not respect general veils for his course on that trial nor fail to condemn the prying attorney I 1 and the despotic judge they are egregiously mistaken if they imagine that they have succeeded in exposing in public the sacred ordinances of or the church intended only to be private they are no nearer to the understand ing now than they the y were before the answers of the too willing witness but there is a way by which they can learn all these things and we will now put them on the track of the information let them repent of all their a sins ina against god and humanity and humble themselves in the depths of contrition having faith in the atonement of jesus christ let them receive baptism at the hands hauft of an authorized servant of 01 god and the gift of the holy ghost by the laying jay on an of the hands of appointed ministers then thea by maui maul manifesting fruits mete for repentance and the features of a truly christian character they can be admitted to the house of the lord where the rites and ceremonies and keys beys and covenants of the everlasting gospel and priesthood are in their true order for the understanding of those who have eyes to see and ears to hear and minds to comprehend but bat without this we are of the firm opinion that they will never learn them as they are even if they press presa into their service and bring into court every apostate who Is willing to violate his solemn obligations gat ions okia atia if the court dourt or its officers imagine that by this fine and imprisonment they can terrorize the cormons mormons Mor mons in into to revea revealing lingan linean anything y thing which belongs only to the secret sacred rites of 01 our church we can assert in the most positive manner that they have made a great mistake pains penalties and death are nothing when weighed against dishonor and ther whole church of jesus jeans christ of latter day saints is ONE with brother daniel H wells in a determination to obey god rather than thad man for while wholesome law must be obeyed and the constituted authorities of the government must be respected the sacred rights lights of religions religious liberty must also maintained be no matter what be mhd cost or the consequences quen ces the emigrants the compan of emigrants in charge of elden bider ler len 04 nibley passed grand islan island th this mornine morning they th e 7 expect to bo 0 in ogden at noon on 0 n thursday eurs ay |
