Show commissioners LAW AND tue TIIE character etar acter of the crusade against the latter day saints has received received another illustration in the hyde case on monday for action by the giand jury defendant The against who wi norn t ere was w a 9 nop no a particle pait icle of evi j deice was bound in the sum of 2000 I 1 and ine wit witnesses nesses aho vho ho lid had no testimony to give against him we were re each bound in the mn im of to appear before the grand jury when required ired the peculiar genius who issued the edict to this effect admitted teatino evidence had been ad adduced deuced I 1 against the defendant but gave it as hi opinion that the witnesses had bad perjured themselves by not giving such auch evidence he also intimated that they might be considered as witnesses for the defence because they were relatives and f friends fiends of the defendant and as there was no evidence he proceeded to require heavier bonds than ft ff there had been evidence evi Bence in cases of unlawful cohabitation from 1000 to 1500 bonds are usually required but as in this case no evidence had been presented against the accused he be would increase the bonds to 2000 when witnesses know something of use to the prosecution they are usually visually held in these cases in the sume aume of but as these witness ess did not know anything tending to ta criminate the accused they must be held la in bonds the of 01 intellect and profound logic displayed by this latter day entitles him to a free certificate to the territorial establishment on the pi provo ovo I 1 bench the theory of the prosecution to Is that A E hyde nas has married a daughter of mrs wilcox as a plural wife nov not a jot ot of evidence has been adduced to prove this or even indicate it although the prosecution compelled a ot of witnesses to appear and patt h em through a rigid examination but commissioner mckay claimed th that at these were the defendants witnesses alfou although hone one of his big reasons for committing mitt the defendant was that the defence had offered no testimony it and the reason why they were ivere the the defendants witnesses was that they were his witnesses I 1 they could not be claimed as his relatives in any sense with the exception of his young daughter who knew nothing of the matter unless it was proved that he had committed the offense charged mckay s logic is IT there nere i is 8 no 0 evidence vi against the defendant ut I 1 shall hold him film probably guilty because because there is no evidence these witnesses for the prosecution are the defendants witnesses because they have not ned in his behalf it he is guilty ot of the offense charged these are his relatives there is no evidence that he be is guilty therefore I 1 snail hold that the they y are his hid relatives the tact last that a witness lor for the prosecution is is related to the defendant does not make hini him a witness for tile the defence therefore I 1 hold that these witnesses for the prosecution ros c aaion are witnesses for the de P ie lence e 1 what can be more conclusive clu sive unless some further evidence can be produced against mr hyde it is clear that he cannot be indicted on any j justifiable asti grounds it iti it a case of complete failure to bring the slightest evia evidence ence un on which to predicate a C conviction on vic tion what ihen is the purpose in binding n over the de leurant and the reia relatives tives those who seem to understand how bow this crusade is worked think that the design is two told first mr hir hyde is an object of hatred because he tendered rendered aid to president cannon when he was sick and injured on his way home homa under arrest mud aud the intention to I 1 cinson cin sall sn him it is said has been freely expressed second binding over defendants and witnesses is a matter of money fees feea are involved in tue tae transaction whoever knew mckay to miss a chance of piling up p the fees that a lax law has put within the reach of avarice this binding over business is better than a mine for some folks and nd it is worked for all it is worth and then when it is done in the name of the law and under ine pretense that it is in the interest of to bo biety and morality what could hypocrisy aud and cupidity combined desire better than such opportunities the hyde case is another applina ap tion of the principle be damped it you do boull be damned if you dont it if there is evidence dence against you you will stand committed because ot 01 that evidence if there is no evidence a against you IOU you will stand committed because there is no evidence for there ought to be 11 and when there is no evidence against a defendant he should be placed under heavier bonds than if the evidence against him was conclusive for this is the logic and the law of a one mule male committing mag magistrate magistral istra te hanry hungry for fees the public is indebted to this functionary for anew definition of perjury it consists in his view ot of not pvn giving the evidence required by the prose prosecution cu when a witness is not know knowing to an alleged fact and so BO testifies he is perjured the common I 1 idea ea is that swear swearing lug to knowledge of 8 something irig that one knows nothing no thina about is perjury but the new explanation of the term teem knocks that idea iaea on the head there is something more when a witness cannot ar does not DOL give the evidence required by the prose camink buting magistrate tie lie is not only to oe be considered a perjurer trot out subject to insult and abuse from a brave and logical and courteous and magnanimous creature swelling with a little brief authority and the importance that comes from a rich run rua of fat fees this is the style in which the cr crusade ra ata lust the mormons cormons Mor mons is 19 conducted and we hope the christians and statesmen who are urging it on adin admire A the consistency and humanity the dignity and legality which recommend it so highly to a people required qu ired to bow before the majesty and equality lity and justice of national law |