| Show TESTIMONY OF SNOW TUB remark apostle apostil lorenzo soo snow w first district 0 court ourt agn saturday tOday a before t entente en tence was passed upon him will be found in f fullio ibis issue of the nimi NEWS th the position taken I 1 I 1 I 1 by brother sno snow w jn tha t speech indicates f mormon situation very ib dl learly early al aal shows his bis personal integrity to acle Q cwb case as is one it at is difficult to determine for what ahe was sentenced to such ouch heavy penalties unless onless uw it is an apostle of the church of jesus christ of da lay saints the court bould not noti land and oid did fidi pi pretend that he bk was viks guilty ull ity of the charge chaia preferred 4 against faihst wila him but rave as reasons for the triple extreme sentence that the defendant is a leader of leaders that be is a scholar so holar anai he be has uv advocated bated k a tenet of his b ac p practice caloe of which the lit law seeks ee to V pul 4 awn that iq in the heffie ba gf the court the defendant eo could aid cause a e the h p people dapre othis territory to geithe do 41 1 certain 0 things ct ing now N DW neither tiar 0 all 11 of these things pat tit together eau can be construed into a tio violation lation of the ed in ds law that enactment ment maks TO b crime 0 of f any an of them there is no colaw A af the fand that forbids them OF or eltheron eithe elthe t them em ader p ap p not noi on tr trial I 1 al for being an apostle nor for being a sc sch holaT nor lot for teaching any particular doctrine fior for having avin the power which the Judge uh to fo possess he was charged with cohabiting in with more than on wo aorian rian the judge hlin self in his seh sentence tence against brather james jaines H nelson which alch preceded that against brather brenzi Z admitted that the wit at e latter testified he had not been beeh living in tin lin lawful cohabitation therefore the andge pronounced a thi ee fold sentence against a defendant who had been proven by the evidence denieto to be innocent of the offense charged in the indictment the court intimated in his remarks to brother brother nelson that brother was lather cal culpable Ps ble t than otherwise for not doing t hat which ae ale was charged with doing ta that V Is that ahat hp ho had not lived ived W with his wives and therefore had bad not lived aih hi religion brother snow arid and his hIp family pave doubtless sufficient valcient reasons forg their manner manner of life e which is nobody nob odys business ut their and private private family concerns uterus clemot always be made faub ablie lic ili it if brother snow had ad rot hot chabi cohabited ted with more than one woman and the court recognized the fact tha was in evidence then the sentence thrice pro was wasa a treble t bu trape upon a guiltless gentleman scholar and leader of leaders judge powers belief as to the powers e of apostle snow should have cut no figure in the infliction of judicial vengeance and it was WWI false belief judge powers knew nothing of what he was taking about neither Neith Zer lovenzo lorenzo Snow nor any oher man has authority to abrogate a law of god and if he were to tell the latter iday saints i that the revelation on marriage arriage m was not of god they would tell him that he was an apostate ds tate brother snows testimony to the divinity of the latter day work and the 11 authority ill stand on in record before and earth against those who have sought his injury and condemned an la innocent servant V to unusual and unjust punishment and tithe will show who to fa the greatest prophet a lawyer who speaks tor for mo moneys iVey or an apostle of Jesus who proclaims the truth of god against his religion we endorse his sayings we admire bis aarm firmness wits andee sympathize with him a as s an innocent ta victim to unhallowed prejudice and vindictive hate if f |
