Show orders from his superiors on wednesday phineas W cook of logan was examined on the charge af pf unlawful tul cohabitation before the jae commissioner he pleaded not guilty johanna C poulsen Pou laen the alleged plural wife was placed upon the stand she said she was married to mr cook ten years ago in salt lake city she is acquainted with defendants first wife she obtained her I 1 1 consent to their marriage she had bad five children with defendant the youngest jibing nearly three years old a be has another wife bes besides ades the first her name is polly A savage she is the second wife she saw her about six weeks week sago ago at garden city chenin when in c company with her husband ausban 1 they took dinner ather house she also went to see the first wife who also lives at garden city they had a mutual agreement to divide property the first and second wife each setting getting one third he hopu to pup port her with his bis share mr A B taylor appeared for the defendant the order of the commissioner was that the defendant be held for adultery and johanna C poulson for forn fornication ioa tion mr cook was bound over in the sum of WOO 1000 and the lady in mr taylor held that the commissioner had bad no right to elicit evidence from a person and then convict or bind that person over on said evidence without previously instructing said person so that she would dot knowingly criminate herself the coin commissioner however held it was common practice especially in cohabitation cases and that he be was instructed ted from his superiors to question witnesses with a view of eliciting evidence that a graver offense had been committed than that which they were c charged barged with ogden standard |