Show FIRST DISTRICT COURT proceedings before the judges at provo and ogden at provo yesterday the following business was transacted before judge judd in the parrish case the testimony on thep the part artof of the prosecution went to show that parrish and blancett Bianc ett bad a quarrel on the night of the at daniels saloon and there agreed to fight a duel at 7 the next day I 1 but instead of meeting his bis foe according to appointment parrish waited behind a house and shot him down while blancett Bianc ett was on his way to the rendezvous the theory of the defense was that parrish came behind the house bouse and seeing blancett Bianc ett ready to fire killed the deceased in self de bense the case was argued for the prosecution by mr edwis and for the defense by george sutherland after which court co art adjourned till this even OTHER ITEMS united states vs niels niela burgeson Bur unlawful cohabitation plea pt guilty sentence set lor for oct united states vs jens E J kempe kemp I 1 unlawful cohabitation plea of guilty 1 sentence set tor for october to a charge of adultery mr kempe was given till oct to plead united states vs jane E bate fornication plea of not guilty united states vs herbert bate fornication plea of not guilty the grand jury came into court and presented resented live five indictments in united tales states cases and one in territorial at ogden judge henderson heard the following cases yes yesterday erday dan parry vs C P groat roat et al an order orde giving plaintiff five e days additional time was entered B R J hill vs george seager order for default martin gaarder vs tile the union anlo pacific railway company the court allowed the defendant twenty days in which to move for a new trial the case of george J marsh vs thomas davis was resumed and completed the jury found for the ant noi noL cause of 01 action days allowed to move for a new trial bank of tehama company vs john hants tried by jury damages of 1150 assessed against delen defendant dant while the case caselt ot the united states vs sidney stevens et al was on 0 n trial judge emerson announced that bishop P G taylor of harrisville Harns ville who was wanted on a charge of unlawful lawful ua cohabitation was tn in court and desired to plead the court granted the request the indictment was read and defendant was asked to plead guilty or not guilty well lam I 1 am not really guilty but I 1 suppose I 1 must plead guilty was the answer courtna court no you must enter your plea one way or the other it if you are not net guilty the clerk will enter a plea to that effet effect judge emerson defendants attorney instructed him that he must plead guilty or not guilty eulley Defend defendant arit then pleaded guilty and waived time for sentence upon questions from the court he be stated that he was a native of kentucky and 62 years of df age he had married his bis last wife in 1858 and his bis youngest eat child was fit teen years of age he said that under the rulings of the court lie he wa was 68 guilty thou though ha he be had not ived with his family family for nearly three years having been absent the greater portion of that time he had sought to live up p 10 the requirements of th the a law and had had no intention of breaking itt though his wives had lived in the same house but ip in separate apartments court you are a man of property I 1 suppose defendant no sir air I 1 have but little property court you have a fair education defendant my education is very limited court well you understood that while you were living under the same root roof with more than one wife the appearance pe arance to the world was that you were living with more than one wife defendant no sir I 1 thought I 1 was living up to the law I 1 have always sought to live it court well seeing you have taken so much uc p pains ain 8 in u t the P past t to live up t the Is law 1 I 1 an suppose pos you on will III have no trouble in l living vin up to it in the future Defend defendant aft ii nt I 1 have ave no desire to break any law I 1 have never broken any law to my knowledg knowledge ge if I 1 bleaka break a law I 1 expect to suffer the penalty but I 1 dont expect to break it court would you keep it in the tu fu ture defendant As I 1 have kept it in the pa wrt that would be breaking it as you have just pleaded guilty the sentence in your case is that you be confined in the penitentiary for three months and pay a fine of SW and costs |