Show trank transcending THE LAW A FEW days ago 6 our ur washington made ia mention of the pardon by bj president C cleveland aeve ua of a number of cormons mormons Mor IMor mons V who ho weib were serving out oui terms in th the sioux C cat dakota penitent he explained some borne of the reasons for or the eker exercise cige of executive elem 14 ln in these cases among thrift them was chatte that the recipients of clemency had been fi convicted and septen sentenced ced under two tw I 1 indictments Indict meak t ahe one ond fbi abr cohabitation and the other for adultery according to th the viea oath of the chief cheref magistrate and bet arft 6 t R af pf f Just justice kIh tills proe edw was of si it I 1 R piece with the segregation r system at w was I 1 inaugurated fated by ay 0 inas di ciary clary and su wiped out by a u unanimous decision of the fhe supreme court ita of W he e states the th theory bory oi odthe pah v V aresi dent defit and te beliA iii e antof justice e is that these are cam cases of d unlawful cohabitation and simple this thia opinion 4 ab aard stated by our corres correspondent voiad is snared by every arm prominent t lawyer at the capital we have hav 6 aeder never been bean ale able see this point in any other lif and n taking it as correct the sending ID of f men to prison for longrus long u under der two antu and sentences f br tafoi e of th the law Is an outrage ut thit 14 should not be permitted to corin A method anord effectual thin the ta interposition ter position of exe executive u alve clemency cy should be stol stalled app fled led it should be stopped short at its source justice demands that ams should be done providing fills of things 01 F 1 io t 0 1 on one 1 sli should 0 u i dd de 46 mur to a jus just fair and fici mane of the laws but there is good pause cause i for con complaint iati when extrajudicial extra judicial methods are applied whan hen such sach ta M the case ease the process assumed alie the aap aspect act of aih hn and n the cas of af bisho Sfa uhan d disposed posed obby judge afe henderson Hender fider soh a albot 4 timy time since anc 1 it has been claimed by the courts here that the ille anti mormon part or of the late CoR congressional gressional legislation was not aimed at sexual sins froni from which it was almit admitted ted the mor mons l wery were phenomenally free fred it was aimed at a peculiar marriage system hence any kind of tion between the afi parties was deemed ielpi for conviction convict lon of unlawful cohabitation this association I 1 might be sexual if so that would be e sufficient for the purposes of the prosecution thle this leipcig leif iba cig the cam case association of that character Is in an element of the offense ofin se it follows therefore that to convict a ma man n of uh unlawful lawful marital cohabitation and then convict him again on the ground wan of an element of that th I 1 same I 1 offerle 0 enoe and ad call all it adultery I 1 is an encroachment upon one one of the most common and essential principles of law that no man shall be placed in jeopardy twice for the samp same offense fe use it may inay be asked why them the adilla adultery efy and fornication clauses were vere placed i in iii the VA rau ads tucker la law w one reason was to 6 meet jh the ob ion bals raised ed a against hin th the measure to the effect abit atas entirely anti anil mormon i 0 nl 0 or r d one u e sided these other elements wera inserted nse to ap afy to cases outside of tte relation ln J and nd thus tae e awol aay the ie excuse excuse for 40 opposition jitian to tae te ait act on ti on d af pf bi i s fact same 0 the te fudges have is v e lp in tae te cases oi of an non morans j af a cuper g suspect u ed aen or juick ta ast line liia mor mo jve jV 1 aoe hoe cases were ere coveda cove db by of ua V tul cobai Hon ii ive ye been sent ato f I 1 pran tp br r jovag terms n spa gise ats as those jask t referred to step ln in abio afio and prevent ach full fuu att au 6 0 suc ex U al cial aa outrages tr ads it wola woul 4 1 be wall veli in tire when ces of r ta ski kind f occur ux to formulate a fun full staf cerne 04 of the proceedings and af fa flatin ct 1 U to the fi roper oi arieta the people have the to A demand emco t th officials appoint to te e aw W ihal i 1 beep ap w wuhen ij in n qa atey W et ey persist in in t ra ite blips their should b bp be p ay PW ye 64 1 1 the aa lav par t ia I 1 ana wi ness I 1 I 1 S a f t is yap t ed idore lie ss |