| Show A CASK CASE FROM SOWS JOHN WATERS alifeld TO TO THE FIRST DISTRICT GRAND JURY P on wednesday Deputy Marshal tom F smith signed a complaint before i g mckay r char charging tug john waters waters of Spring springville ville wf with th having violated section by bv living with his bis wives mrs john waters and mrs caroline doe waters from october 1 1883 to september 1 IM 1886 on wednesday afternoon deau ties smith and gleason went to spring ville Ut utah abAn an the firsts first judicial district agil abu arrested the accused subpoenaing subpoena ing at the same time four witnesses mrs sarah smith mrs caroline smith miss helen belky kels ey and miss ida bratsen BMat B matsen sen the latter tm two 0 o witnesses in the examination examina tien before the commissioner knew 1 absolutely nothing of the private affairs of tae the defendant fen dant as they were but neighbors and were not familiar famili gr ciui his fenily 1 4 Y relations mrs caroline waters te le stifled that her maiden name was smith she had been married to the defendant for 20 deszo sad and was the mother of seven children the defendant lived with her ber a his wife she knew sarah burch waters the defendants first wife who had nine children the youngest of whom was 15 years of age As under the ruling of the territorial supreme court cohabitation with the lesal wife is presumed and cannot be contradicted it was not necessary to pl produce aduce ary acy evidence of that fact the commissioner fixed the bonds of the defendant at 1000 and warren N dusenberry and john A groesbeck became sureties each bachof of the four witnesses was rel released easedor on signing a bond in their own recognizance for for their appearance before the erand arand jury of the first district on september |
