Show cutet EVENTS released from prison bishop henry of brigham C city ity was liberated from the penitentiary penic te tent iary april 23 having served h his Is sentence of four months for unlawful cohabitation the fine in his case was and costs for which thirty days were served william watterson of cache county was likewise set at liberty april 28 upon the expiration of his term of three months for a similar offense he paid a fine of and 47 costs on apr aar 24 EH day of fairview and 0 C larson of Ep ephraim kraim sanpete county were released from the penitentiary where they have served a term of imprisonment for living with more than one wife they were also held thirty days for the fines IT imposed Posed mr day was waa taken before commissioner norrell and mr larson before commissioner wolcott both were discharged george B bailey of MIR mill creek was released from the penitentiary april 27 having completed a six months term for living with his wives to which he was sentenced by judge sandford raid on pleasant grove at midnight of saturday april the whole first district court marshal corps raided pleasant grove in another search for B W driggs A posse surrounded his residences and searched from garret to basement men were stationed around the houses to prevent any one escaping saying they heard mr driggs was in town and they would have him if they had to search every house in town they threatened to arrest any one who attempted to leave the premises when their efforts proved fruitless they canvassed other portions of the town but without success eight of the deputies surrounded the residence of E mayhew esq remarking to the inmates that they were after mr r D driggs and wre e going to havet have h him Z as they C e y h had ad heard he had been at their house their efforts were all without avail it was I 1 who soared scared him from his nest so deal with me as you think best was the remark of one of the children they disappeared from view with the approaching twilight sunday morning without any prey edmunds law prosecutions thomas wilson of ogden was arrested on april 23 on a charge of unlawful cohabitation an indictment was found against him in 1886 1885 he gave bonds to appear for trial the following business was transacted in the third district court on april 26 joseph dean who was under indictment for unlawful cohabitation changed his plea of not guilty to guilty mr moyle asked that sentence be deferred for one month owing to the circumstances of defendants fend fenc ants lants family mr peters thought the time too long the court fixed the time of passing sentence for monday may 20 at 10 a in john hill came forward and pleaded not guilty to an indictment for unlawful cohabitation in this case a segregated indictment had been found under the zane dickson regime and several counts included mr hill was called for trial on the first count A jury was paneled impaneled Im as follows follon 8 john B cornwell george cullen john knapp julius malsh bush J E foster james L berry george robinson isaiah anderston reuben N ivory john mcdonald wm win sloan and J M kennelley mrs sarah hill was the first witness she testified I 1 am the lawful wife of john hill have lived with him ever since our marriage a 9 great many years ago I 1 know harriet hill mr young of counsel for defendant objected to the legal wife being compelled to testify against the objection of the husband who was on trial mr young understood b law to give the defendant the right to make the objection mr peters insisted that it was the privilege of the witness only to make the objection he said it bad been the uniform rule I 1 judge anderson said he would not like to set aside a uniform rul frulein 4 in the absence of a decision of the territorial TO ILI rit supreme court but he had bad 9 doubt about the correctness of that rule if it had been followed H lie would follow the rule forthe for the present he instructed the witness that an she might refuse to testify if she so desired mrs hill did not claim her privilege and further testified stifled te I 1 do not know exactly where mr ha hill was in the winter of 1888 1883 4 1 I suppose he was waa home during zat that winter harriet hill lived near my house her house is about a quarter of a mile distant from mine any husband lived with me all the lime mrs harriet hill testified I 1 1 live at west jordan live at present 0 on 08 8 mr hills farm I 1 have been sealed to mr hill for eternity I 1 bear his name was sealed 30 years ago am now sixty nine he never visits me never has done during the past thirty years he has never lived with me he has not visited me at my house until about six years ago I 1 lived at my sons son S about A three miles from the de defendant fend a I 1 1 was not married to th the e d defendant e e jat for this life and never lived iv wit him as his wife mr hiles hilea what is the obligation of the sealan sealing witness ge he must provide for wll we if I 1 cannot provide for myself mr hiles what is the ceremony witness 1 could not repeat it mr hiles why do you go by his aw name witness because I 1 was sealed to him mr hilee did you ever go 90 t to church with him witness no sir air mr hiles alles wh who has supported support od you for the past six years eimess 1 I live on mr hill hilla farm I 1 am provided for by MY sons and myself deputy marshal boman cannon te testified stifled I 1 arrested the defendant deputy pranks franks was with me mr hill hafl called harriet HUI hill his second wife we had raided his place a number of times before we foun fould him pranks franks asked him do YOU yo acknowledge her as your se leond ond wife he replied she is W wy second wife 11 deputy E A franks testified mr hill agreed to give ive 1 bonds or jt his second wife as a witness ness dont think abe w mr hues hiles we government has made 0 out u t a CASO caa on the evidence we ask as k that the ane jury be instructed to acquit the de e fondant fen dant the court said that he agra agreed bad with the prosecutor that no case na been made macle out and instruCt instructed ea ilot w jury to bring in a verdict or of no guilty which was done on 00 proceedings before judge judd saturday april 27 M the sentence of shadrach drw for w unlawful cohabitation was postponed tiu till sept united states vs niels aagaard unlawful cohabitation an order was entered for the marshal to furbish a statement united states vs mads mada jensen sentence stence for unlawful cohabitation cohabit cohabitation atlon was vas postponed till sept 23 1889 united states vs andrew poul so n may 20 1889 fixed for sentence te a the defendant is charged with vf ith unlawful cohabitation samuel oldham of paradise cache county was arraigned in the he first district court at ogden before afore judge henderson april 26 on a charge of unlawful cohabits on to which he pleaded guilty some two weeks previous he gave up to deputy marshal whetstone and appeared before commissioner goodwin Goodw ln after stating ng his case in answer to ques ions ons from the court he was sentenced la to six months imprisonment and W to pay a fine of ho was taken to the penitentiary last even ing 0 anthe on the of april andrew anderson derson was arrested at huntsville weber county on a charge of unlawful lawful Ou cohabitation A prelim vanary examination was held before commissioner black and the ac used was placed under 1500 bonds to await the action of the irand grand jury the following was done in the third hird district court on april 29 the pie cause of the united states v vs s bigham H roberts was called calle d mr roberts gave himself up to the officers leers this morning and was ar abedon gB edon on the char charge e of unlawful habitation the indictment nam ing g as his wives louisa roberts 0 nd d celia dibble roberts A plea le os of guilty was entered and mr r V oung counsel for defendant asked lor or two weeks time before sentence ur mr peters opposed the request an said that sentence should be renounced right away he said gue e defendant had been arrested in we he feu fall of 1886 and when released OTA ball bail had left the country the officers had never seen him since latil ile he came into court this mom in the bond had never been for had e ted because mr peters said he ad been ae n unable to find it A mr young said he did not know that nat tiie the government had any par oular vengeance to wreak on the defendant he had come and vol OAly surrendered himself and va T request aest that he be given a few da gy Ys time was not unreasonable h a kindness anthe on the martof part of the court art was not lost on those who re melved it court urt haa he a family mr peters yes sir two cami it court it would be natural for f to desire tr ta arrange for his fam lars ya comfort since he has been for a time no 0 government a effi w should have any personal og in these matters if the wurt urt or the government officials we trifled with that could be shered powdered at a proper time mr berta was then asked if it would materially discommode him if he h was not granted the time asked for mr roberts roberto my family would be b putto put to considerable inconvenience I 1 desired a few days to arrange for foi their welfare court would a week be sufficient fici ent mr roberts I 1 think your honor that it might be mr young after consulting with his client if your honor please rather than have any trouble or dispute if the prosecution will not grant the time we have asked for we will end the matter here and will come in on wednesday if you wish court set bet it for wednesday may at 10 am mr peters I 1 think the bond should be increased to 2000 mr young Oh can give the bond mr roberts was released on C S burton and J T little becoming his sureties on may 1 the following occurred court mr prosecutor have you vau the evidence that was submitted to the grand jury mr peters I 1 have not court I 1 would like to know what the evidence shows in this case if you could procure it mr peters retired to obtain the desired information on his return he announced that there had been no minutes kept of the case mr peters said the defendant married hi his plural wife since the passage of the the vural law aw of 1882 and had lived with both of his wives mr young I 1 understand you have that from hearsay mr MJ peters yes from the office officers ra court coart mr roberts on february 14 1887 you were indicted for unlawful cohabitation to this indictment you have pleaded guilty have you anything to say before sentence is passed upon you mr roberts no your honor I 1 anything to say court this indictment charges that from march 1 1884 to feb 7 1887 you lived with more than one wife mr roberts when were you married to your plural wife mr roberts in the year 1883 court have you any children by her mr roberts yes sir one court what to is its age mr roberts four years court it would appear that right in the face of the law passed to prevent further marrying of second wives or living with more than one woman as wives you deliberately in full knowledge of the law married another wife and lived with her and she had one child you now make no statement of regret for what you have done nor do you make any promise as to your future conduct it t may as well be understood that this law was passed to be obeyed and will be enforced ana any failure of this people to obey it is likely to result in afi more stringent legislation against them the history of legislation shows an intention that this sort of social life in utah shall be uprooted so far as I 1 am concern concerned I 1 dont feel disposed to be severe I 1 would desire to be relieved from passing sentence in this class of cases but it is my my duty this case would justify the full penalty there is no intention on your part to obey the law I 1 understand that after you were arrested you concealed yourself and the officers could not learn your whereabouts until you surrendered yourself a few days clays ago this is the first time however that you have been arraigned for any offense oft ense and I 1 shall not inflict the full penalty made by law I 1 hope that further reflection will convince you of the uselessness useless nees of opposing the united states and the universal sentiment of the people the sentence of the court is that you pay a fine of and costs of the prosecution and that you be confined in the penitentiary for four months |