Show EVENTS edmunds law prosecutions the examination of dr armsy which was continued a week ago was taken up last evening the full report of the supreme court decision in the neilson case having been received it was decided that the Doctor having served a term for unlawful cohabitation could not be held on the charge of adultery attorney Matig matigian ban moved his discharge and the motion was granted lag lagan an J journal tune june 5 in the territorial supreme court on june 7 hon P F S richards filed with the clerk an application tor for a writ of habeas corpus in the case of wm H maughn of wellsville cache county who is now confined in III the penitentiary on jan 3 1889 the defendant was sentenced on two charge unlawful cohabitation to six mont months lis imprisonment on each charge both terms to run together one of the indictments covered the period from august 1 1884 to dec 10 1885 and the other from jan 15 1886 to nov 28 23 1888 there was another indictment for unlawful cohabitation for a time prior to august 1 1884 on january 3 1889 the jay he was sentenced for unlawful cohabitation tion but after judgment in the cases referred to was passed he was arraigned on a charge of adultery with his plural wives and on pleading guilty was sentenced to two and a half years in the penitent penitentiary penitential ia he date named as the occurred occurrence nl of the offense is october 1 1887 within the time covered by the second indictment for unlawful cohabitation bishop maughn has served the time on the cohabitation indictments and paid the fines as hessed he is now being held on the adultery charge he sets forth in n his petition t that at his imprison ment is unlawful as he be is being punished ja a second time for the one offense and asks that he be discharged from custody the district attorney opposes the granting of the writ and and the matter was set for hearing on tuesday next Ae released leased from prison on J june u ne 6 F iNeberger FA A of lo 10 gan cache county was released from the penitentiary where he has been confined the past six months abr ir living with his two wives he was detained thirty days in default of df the fine imposed brother william C prows of kanosh millard county was liberated from the pen on june 7 having completed his sentence of 65 63 days for unlawful cohabitation the tine one amounted to 32 and in default of paying this he served the additional time brother prows was a member of the mormon battalion disturbers Disturb ers punished at manchester this morning may lath adolphus davis bolitho and william henry hehry nicholas members of the anti mormon society were summoned for riotous and violent behavior in the mormon church city road on the previous sunday afternoon nicholas addressing an open air meeting incited a crowd of of persons to accompany him the same evening to a church and break up a congregation was done and a panic only narrowly prevented defendants were most violent in their conduct bolitho shouting out that the mor mons were impostors and murderers both men were given into custody and on the way to the station kept calling out jack the grippers rippers Bip Rip pers down there in consequence of Pr previous elous interruptions of the service constables had to be stationed at the church door to maintain order for the defense it was contended that the defendants were only replying to a challenge to refute the mormon elders statements their system was one of polygamy and murder defendants were each find and full costs liverpool post posh |