Show CURRENT COtE yiT edmunds law prosecutions in ID the case of the united states vs james 0 peterson an order was entered setting wide aside the indictment for unlawful cohabitation A B anderson And ereon of weber county was before commissioner commissio Com ner greenman june 1 an a charge of unlawful cohabitation he pleaded guilty and was released on 1000 bat bail the complaint against him was made by deputy marshal doyle the case of the united states vs samuel smith was placed on trial C S varian appeared for t the he prosecution and H H bollap for the defendant the charge was unlawful cohabitation the jury after some little absence came into the court room and announced that they had failed to agree the case was ordered dismissed on motion of the prosecuting attorney the case of the united states vs john dunn unlawful cohabitation was called for trial C S varian a appeared a ed fer the prosecution and H H for the defense after hearing the testimony as to the divorce of one of the wives whom defendant at one time had bad lived with the court directed the jury to return a verdict of not guilty which was done and defendant was discharged joseph dover of this city was arrested june lot on a charge of unlawful cohabitation made against him by deputy springer the period named is from jan 1 1888 to may 26 1890 the evidence was to the effect that in january 1888 1898 mr dover was arrested indicted and punished for unlawful cc habitation in march of the same year his first wife procured a divorce from him he had promised to obey the law and after the divorce he married the other wife this occurred jn Ju march 1888 and since the then he has baa lived with only one wife the commissioner placed him under 1500 bonds to await the action of the grand jury next september released from prison on sunday morning june lot bishop thomas yates of scipio millard county emerged from the penitentiary after having served a ten months sentence for an infraction of the edmunds tucker act his health wai fair during incarceration he rejoices at being once more free bishop yates states that charles frank of logan who is imprisoned under conviction for breach of the same law is suffering from general debility caused by consumption his health was poor when he entered the prison anu and his bis strength has been gradually failing ever since efforts are being made to obtain a pardon for him should he not be rele wed soon it Is ro bable that he will not survive his term james E paxton of kanosh banosh was also released yesterday returned elders bider eller elder william H Nel baur of paris idaho returned home may 30 from a mission to the northern states he left utah on may 1888 and first labored in council bluffs bluff s where be remained for about a year having been appointed president resident of the iowa conference ee he next went to st johns kansas where he was engaged in gospel work chiefly among the joseph Josephl tea teo and Bickerton ites at council bluffs the missionaries found the people very indifferent but in kansas more inquiry for the gospel was show nand among the Bickerton ites in particular their efforts were attended with a fair measure of success the elders met with good treatment wherever they went elder returns from the mission field in excellent health |