Show FIRST DISTRICT COURT arraignments ants and sentences A 0 smoot acquitted ON 20 at provo the following cases were before judge judd united states vs philander brown unlawful cohabitation plea of not guilty guilt withdrawn plea of guilty entered terey sentence set for sept 29 united states vs henry saunders I 1 unlawful cohabitation given tw till sept t to plead united states vs oluf larsen given till sept to plead to charge of adultery united states vs va john walton adultery to plead sept united states vs emma watts fornication ni plea guilty sentence was suspended united states vs jut joe dark clark unlawful cohabitation trial and verd c of gui guilty alty united states vs eliza walton fornication plea of guilty si sentence entena suspended united states vs jacob Sc baner unlawful cohabitation trial and verdict of not guilty united states vs james butler unlawful cohabitation plea ot 01 not guilty withdrawn and one of guilty entered sentenced to five months in the penitentiary tent iary united states VA vs james P hansen unlawful cohabitation ordered to plead september united states vs mons nielson unlawful cohabitation plea of guila sentenced to tour four months in the pem kent stent iary and to pay a line fine of slid and costs united states vs adell kimball fornication cation plea of not guilty john Q packard and nd champion Champ iun mining company et el al dismissed bullion beck mining company vs john Q packard dismissed united states vs randolph H stewart unlawful cohabitation gi gram to september to plead 14 ON THURSDAY the case against president A 0 smoot of utah county was called for trial tue defendant was charged with unlawful cohabitation the trial jury was paneled em as follows uriah friall rolman hotman machech pitt george allred Char charles leaL patten george wilson wm rex bex W A haws walter rouse C E sterritt james lindsay H R An andersen aerson and joseph hyde diana smoot was the first witness sue was married in 1855 to the defendant fen dant daut A had a wife margaret at the time have lived continuously with him since margaret is dead I 1 have not been married again since her death the defendant lives with me now on the same lot with annie K sue is supported by the defendant her children go by the name hame of smoot he has visited her house bouse to direct th the e boys to attend to sick sickness hess and at fl t mays reception annie kikena to salt take on the same train with us as to president taylors funeral but did not comeback come back with us she sometimes went to the theatre occupying his res reserved elved seats he provides provided for her generally to mr the defendant married annie K smoot is in ia 1850 seven or eight years ago he stopped living with her and has since lived with me it is well known that he does not live with her now he supports her her youngest 0 est child is about seventeen ho he is 7 73 J leafs of age annie K 55 and I 1 am 51 61 to mr peters annie sometimes comes to my house at family gatherings was there at a thanksgiving dinner in 85 annie testified I 1 was married to abraham 0 smoot in 1856 he had three wives then attended president taylors funeral Mr Smoot wet went too have sometimes used his bis pass on the railway with him diana jim baa lived where she now lives for five or six years some six or seven years ago the defendant and I 1 made an agreement not to live toge together theras as man and wife ana am no more to him than a neighbor 0 only I 1 be supports me mr hiles hile testified I 1 was living across the road from the defendant dent last fall fail and saw him come out 0 ot I 1 the aust morning bouse just 9 opposite at 9 in n the to mr taurman he came out of a house directly opposite from daniels daniells miss ida smoot testified I 1 am the defendants daughter annie E K smoot is my mother nave seen defendant come to our house he became came on business and would speak to mother I 1 think father has not taken a weal meal at our house bouse since mays reception over a year ago have not seen mother go out wit with bhim him mr testified I 1 was at spanish h frk fork and heard the defendant speak oo on the relation of man and wife he shorted people to perform their duties as such the court said eald he felt it to bean be an original practice to hold bold speakers in the pulpit to practice pr acice ice what they preached toe witness went on to say the defendant urged people at this polut the court ruled that the T testimony tea was incompetent and the prosecution rested owen smoot was called by the defense he was acquainted with the houses of defendant and with the neighborhood the daniels house bouse was nearly opposite diana smoots home to annie Ks house was live five or six rods west DID jones was called by the prosecution and testified that lie he was acquainted quain ted with the houses in question tie ne contradicted owen evidence mr evans bvans addressed the jury for the prosecution rose cution and george sutherland for bior the defense after the charge to the jury the latter retired they remained out ont all night anast andst and at 11 this friday morning returned with a verdict of at lot gulf guilty tv they had bad been out about two hours last night when they were called into court they stated that they had not been ablo able to agree and were sent bent out again with instructions to report at 1 am a m today it was after 10 however when they rea reached hed ark an agreement with the result above stated the ogden branch of the fait district cohort was presided over by judge henderson enderson ll before whom the following business was disposed of L B adams was excused from acting in as petit juror lesse jesse vanderhoof vs william balley bailey order entered for non suit prescinda Pre sinda jane wilcox vs jefferson wilcox divorce granted james M russel vs V M C silva continued for the term on motion of defendants attorney P 11 II emerson henry R Loen feldt vs adam kuhn et al order for non suit entered the cites dead the follo following iving is the sextons Sex tons report tor for the month of september 1888 accidental 3 2 apoplexy 1 L bronchitis chronic I 1 brights disease disca 8 e a blood poisoning I 1 cholera antum ILI 12 chronic asthma ast tima I 1 convulsions 3 cystitis inflammation of bladder blad dei I 1 canker I 1 cerebra spinal meningitis 1 consumption 0 2 dentition teething 4 diphtheria I 1 fever se scarlet arlet 3 12 fever typhoid 3 i fever intermittent I 1 I 1 fever bram brain 2 fever puerperal I 1 general debility I 1 hemorrhage I 1 heart disease I 1 heat prostration 1 homicide 1 hepatitis 1 inflammation of bowels 2 inflammation chest I 1 old aldage age I 1 paralysis I 1 still born 6 not reported 4 total 63 SEX OP OF DECEDENTS males 40 females 23 63 AGES ander ivear ear ab 16 fie I 1 ito to 5 ayears rs 11 1 5 to 10 years 3 10 to 1 0 years 4 over 20 years 21 26 faa nativities NATIVI TIES utah 36 other parts of the united states 3 england 11 ireland 3 germany 1 switzerland switzerland 1 Denni denmark ark 1 south wales 2 not reported 5 ROBERT PATRICK city sexton |