| Show THE SNOW HABEAS CORPUS CASE MANY of our citizens impatient at the laws delays have wondered why the habeas corpus case of apostle lorenzo snow has not yet been brought up before the supreme court oi of the united states to which it has been appealed from the third judicial district of this territory they must exercise a little more patience but may rest assured that it will be heard soon and will no doubt be fully argued on its merits we are pleased to inform our readers that the case has been advanced on the calendar and has been set for january 1887 brother snow has exhibited great greaf fortitude and serenity of spirit in his unjust incarceration and has now a of 01 getting some measure of justice the point to bp be decided Is ia the question of segregation it is to be determined te ter whether the offense of unlawful cohabitation under the edmunds act is or is not continuous and aad therefore one offense off ease only or may be construed into many offenses until indictment this is of vital importance it is to settle the powers of a grand arand jury to exercise aut authority bority never batore reposed in such a body under the rulings of the utah courts a grand jury and here that really means the arbs prosecuting attorney who manipulates it cati can at will put a defend defendant ax in jeopardy of six months imprisonment and a flue fine of three hundred dollars or of double or treble or as many times multiplied those penalties as it ic chooses keeping him a prisoner for life and depriving him of a fortune for exactly the same offense as that tor for which the law prescribes the smaller punishment 1 ashment if this could not be lawfully in 1 y done in mr snows cue case it cannot be done in any other case hence the importance of 01 the cause before the supreme court apart from its personal effect on the venerable gentle gentleman sent leman mant who is unjustly deprived of his liberty on a fair rational and strictly legal construction of the third section of the edmunds act brother snow could not have been imprisoned or fined at all but that point is not before the court of last resort only the segregation question is at issue we believe it will be fully presented presented andi ably argued mr snows snow s counsel will will be ceorge ticknor gurus curtis and P F S richards the last named gentleman will leave here about christmas time for washington anti and we hope to hear bear of a favorable decision upon one of the most important questions affecting the administration of justice in utah that has ever been judicially argued or become a matter of general public inte interest resl |
