Show EVENTS edmunds law prosecutions in the first district court at ogden march 4 james ritchie aitchie Bit chie of marriott Mar riots weber county who pleaded guilty to unlawful cohabitation was sentenced to four months in the pen penitentiary i and to pay a fine of and costs indictments were presented b by the grand jury in thirty knitel united states cases and one territorial case on march 4 at provo prove john groves of sugar house ward salt lake county was belr arraigned in the third district court mar 4 on an indictment charging him with unlawful cohabitation he was given till thursday march ath to plead in the first district court at provo on march 4 the follow following 3 9 matters were attended atten attended aed to bafo before re judge judd united states vs niels P nielsen defendant pleaded guilty to a charge of unlawful cohabitation sentence was set for march 5 united states vs carl olsen unlawful cohabitation defend defendant aRt arraigned ral ened and entered a plea of guilty sentence set for march 5 united states vs john oberg unlawful cohabitation defendant entered a plea of not guilty united states vs andrew poulsen unlawful cohabitation sentence set for march ath united states vs andrew nielsen the defendant plead pleaded ed guilty to a large charge of unlawful cohabitation sentence set for march ath united states vs gottlieb face ence unlawful cohabitation defendant pleaded guilty march ath set for sentence united states vs lars P chrisensen charged with unlawful co habitation defendant pleaded guilty sentence set for march ath united states vs martin crandall and harriet T crandall Cran daU adultery defendants both pleaded not guilty indictments in sixteen united states cases were presented by the grand jury cases against charles house john anderson and peter E F westman for the united states and one against H C for the people were ignored united states vs thos B R jackson adultery defendant pleaded not guilty united states vs john jacobs unlawful cohabitation the defendant pleaded guilty sentence was set for march united states vs silas jackson adultery a plea of not guilty wa was entered united states vs james Sin imin ch charged ar ed u with unlawful cohabitation the afef defendant enfant plead not guilty united states vs martin bushman unlawful cohabitation a plea of guilty was entered and sentence was set for march united states vs michael vaughan charged with adult adultery eTy a plea of guilty was entered sentence was set for march i united states vs wm ball the defendant pleaded guilty to a charge charge of unlawful fid cohabitation march was set for sentence united states vs john hart to a charge of adultery the defendant pleaded guilty his sentence was set for march henry W sanderson came forward to receive sentence for un unlawful lawAll cohabitation to which he had pleaded guilty he had no state ment to make was nearly sixty years old ma married ried his second wife 28 years ago the youngest child is one year and four months old he had lived with neither of his wives since last july he was sentenced to 85 86 days imprisonment and fined and coste costa joseph reynolds was charged with unlawful cohabitation john E booth stated for the defendant that after coming home from a mission last november he had given himself up causing no trouble to the off officers leers had not lived with the second wife for the last two years could make no promises he was given alven 75 days imprisonment and ane fined d 59 50 and costs august swenson was charged with unlawful cohabitation judge dusenberry made a statement for defendant since returning from E europe ar 0 pe a month ag ago 0 h he e h had a d not lived with his second wife sentenced to 75 days imprisonment and fined 50 and costs mads made jensen came forward for sentence on a charge of unlawful cohabitation he was 67 years of age on saturday next had two wives married the second six years wo ago understood the law then his hia physical condition was unhealthy jae he was now trying to live the law he was let off with a fine of 50 wm win was charged with unlawful cohabitation he was arraigned and given iven alfi tiu the ath of march to plead leal bedi ben A H johnson arraigned on a charge of adultery he took till march ath to plead samuel briggs was arraigned on ft a charge of adultery he will plead march ath wm win hutchings pleaded guilty to a charge of adultery sentence set act for march 23 john P F allred changed me plea toa a charge of unlawful cohabitation to guilty judge dusenbury stated slated that the defendant had bad ten living chil children dreu ab under thirteen years of age andt and had been trying to live within the law the defendant said he was 38 years old his hig youngest child was born in november 1887 had supported his bis second second wife but had not been a husband to her and was living with his first wife with a view of obeying the law lie he was fined and costs jos joe A stickney Sti okney took till march ath to plead to a charge of adultery alice hart a young woman with a crying child in arms came forward charged with fornication A plea of not guilty was entered for her lauritz larsen came forward and explained as to the clist charge rge of unla W auf cohabitation that he had lived with his first wife for six years and meant to do so as long as he lived and to leave the second alone sentence was suspended and a charge of adultery against the defendant was dismissed on motion of mr peters wm gourney pleaded guilty to unlawful cohabitation sentence was set for march U S vs george taylor unlawful cohabitation trial in progress proceedings before judge judd march 5 james P hansen unlawful cohabitation after a trial the jury found the 9 defendant guilty as charged helas he was sentenced to 60 days imprisonment and to pay the costs of the prosecution united states vs shadrach T driggs defendant pleaded gu guilty lity to a charge of unlawful cohabitation and was fined 10 and costs the defendant not being able to pay the fine the court sent him home to get the money within a week or ten days united states vs carl olsen the defendant pleaded leaded guilty to a 9 charge of unlawful cohabitation he was sentenced to 76 75 days imprisonment and 50 fine and costs united states vs andrew poulsen the defendant was charged with unlawful cohabitation and pleaded guilty sentence fine and costs united states vs andrew nielsen charged with unlawful cohabitation defendant pleaded guilty sentence sixty days and costs united states vs gotleib ence unlawful cohabitation 86 85 days 50 fine and costs united states vs lars ears P christensen charged with unlawful cohabitation pleaded guilty and was sentenced cedlo to 85 days 50 and costs mons anderson charged with adultery pleaded guilty he is to be sentenced march john oberg charged with unlawful cohabitation pleaded guilty is 48 years of age second wife was married in 1881 had not lived with her for three years sentence 85 days 50 and costs andrew unlawful cohabitation plea not guilty the grand ra n d jury presen presented indi indictments ct in n one united n t W states case and in three eases cases for the territory and were dismissed till the instant united states vs niels P nielsen unlawful cohabitation pleaded guilty sentence 90 days 50 and costs united states vs joseph 8 SH horne orne charged with adultery pleaded guilty sentence 18 months and costs united states vs james sellers adultery pleaded guilty seu sentence tence IS 18 months and costs united states vs reuben garr pleaded pleaded guilty to adultery sentence 12 2 months and costs united states vs john frantzen Pran adultery a plea of guilty was entered sentence 13 months and costs united states vs thomas ogden adultery a plea I 1 ea of guilty was entered are the deap defendant en daut was given 19 months and costs hans christensen charged with adultery pleaded guilty sentenced 16 months and costs proceedings before judge judd march 6 in the case of george T taylor adlor charged with unlawful cohabitation the jury brought in a verdict ve of not guilty by instructions from the court united states vs P F J christensen unlawful cohabitation and adultery both cases were dismissed u upon the promise of the defendant ro to obey the law united states vs john adams unlawful cohabitation the case remanded to the investigation of the present grand jury united states vs wm braithwaite charge of unlawful cohabitation and adulte adultery rythe the sentence was suspended by tae the court upon a promise of the defendant to live exclusively clu with his first wife united states vs lewis larsen charged with adultery the case was wa a dismissed on account of the defendant having been pardoned by P president resi cleveland 1 united states vs goo geo kendall the defendant pleaded guilty to a charge of unlawful cohabitation and was fined 10 and costs released from prison brother niels P nielson of logan 0 n was re released ease from the penitentiary tent antl iary march arch 4 after serving a four months on s sentence and paying paying the costs of arial amounting to 47 the offense for which he be was convicted being that of living with his wives on mar 2 niels nielson of provo prove was before commissioner norrell on his application to be discharged from custody he had served a term of four and a half months and 80 30 days for the fine of 50 and costs imposed upon him for living with his wives he was released on march 6 there were three mormons cormons Mor mons released from the penitentiary tent iary lary these were wm ti ansen sentenced to four months jens ransen hansen and haus hans nielsen sentenced to three and a half months in each case a fine was imposed for which they were required to remain 30 days in prison all were sentenced in the fir first st district court brother hanson hansen who is from gunnison sanpete ciuni bounly y has been ill III from rheumatic fever fever for about a month and his health is still seriously impaired territorial office cases on march 2nd and the territorial su preme reme court awarded to P L williams clams the whole of the salary awarded b by th the e legislature to the territorial rial ku superintendent and commissioner mi of district act schools 1600 1500 which the auditor had divided equally between L john nuttall and mr williams on the same day arthur pratt 4 was denied the salary as auditor I 1 for w which aich he had sued N W clayton ayton CI demise of hosea stout at a m march 2nd and in big i cottonwood ward hosea stout esq who has figured prominently in the history of the latter day saints for the past half century passed from li fethe immediate cause of his death being paralysis with which he had been affected lor for the past four weeks he was wae a native of kentucky having been born in mercer county september 18 but migrated when very young two to western new york and thence to 0 missouri where he embraced the gospel and from that time shared in the vicissitudes through which the th church passed he served in the black hawk wax war taught school la illinois for a number of years was wad intimately associated with the prophet joseph smith for a number of years prior to his death and of for some time acted as his body guard as well as being an officer of the nau legion and chief of police ha came to utah in 1848 and located ig salt lake city he was a member of the utah legislature for a number of sessions also of the city council and practiced at the bar when in the territory from the time the first court was established here until a few years since when his health became so impaired that be retired to his farm he performed a mission to hong kong china in III 1853 was also one of the early ser 44 alers of st george in southern utah where he remained about five years he was a man of sterling integrity and excellent ability has filled i ft long and useful life and leaves a large family a wife nine sons and two daughters besides a large number 14 of grandchildren to revere his big memory and emulate his bia virtues Mo manamy acquitted k at four on the afternoon of mar 2 the murder ca case was given to the jury the court waited until about when the jury came in for the judges charge which was furnished at midnight middith charge a verdict not having been agreed upon the court adjourned at tew ten next morning the jury lk came caine in with a verdict of not guilty it is understood that the disagreement me nt which kept the jury out oat so 99 long was that some were in favor of a verdict of vol voluntary unitary manslaughter there is ia considerable feeling e ex pressed adversely to the finding of the jury though such a result is not to be wondered at considering the weakness of the prosecution and the strength of the defense as 88 the case was waa presented to the 4 jury demana y left for indiana on om march 4 with his father and sister f suicide at ogden oard en during monday night march 4 I 1 james W boyle a member of the tt t t firm of boyle co ogden was induced to take part cart in a game of chance in a gambling house he I 1 lost a sum of money collected thit that A day from cust customers of the firm and also drank some he reached his home about three tuesday morning bade his wife and child goodby odb and a little later breathed ris his last last he had taken strychnine I 1 it t is supposed that his sense w of shame on realizing what he bad 31 done unbalanced his judgment an and 1 14 impelled him to fo the rash act HO H 1 was not in the habit of dissipating and could easily have replaced the money he be lost he was aged 88 years 7 months and 3 days |