Show miscellaneous BOUNCED AGAIN in the im paneling impaneling of the I 1 lury ury in the case of the people vs thomas read bead charged with misdemeanor after eleven jurors were called and passed assed for cause it there was one lacking the name of f wm win studer was then called that gentle man appeared was examined exan ined and promptly excused by mr hiles biles was there any animosity in this pro heeding beetling or was the challenge purely in the interest of justice with a desire to gt it twelve good men and true tru ther challenges followed but billys was a summary one and the first TODAY TO DAY the grand jury ignored the charges against the following persons pe raona henry tribe for unlawful cob cohabitation abita john jacobs for a similar offense and john charged with attempting to obtain money under false pretenses JUDGE HENDERSON does not practice nor believe in passing two sentences on oli one person bior lor a penitentiary tent iary offense in one day but be nevertheless considers that as soon as one term expires the defendant should be called up for sentence on the other count A 1110 THE drama DRAMATIC association of the second ward have under puder consideration another entertainment this time another W t 11 18 british born but which chic they will present under a new caption I 1 con condemned d embed to death 11 there is no doubt but that their performance for mance on this occasion will be successful and appreciated they rhey will certainly be greated with a full house of warm friends two indictments were found by toe the grand jury against P C neilson one brie for obtaining money under false pretenses and one for forgery in a sort of chamber session the court announced that the fir birst t charge against this defendant had bad been been dismissed and the order would be continued for the term DURING RECESS today to day the court and counsel held a lengthy conversation or conference and made arrangements tor for labors duriac duliba the coming week there are quite a large number cumber of lases both civil and criminal crim ibal to be tried and disposed of if possible between this and the dinst his honor hono is anxious to finish up all the civil cases he can the coining com I 1 ng week TODAY TO DAY several persons of gam dispositions will oe lar ar 1 reigned in the justices court and tried for breaches of toe the ordinances against casting dice lor for gaming purposes etc L S PW P nielsen Nie laren and W neilson scandinavians were this afternoon made citizens of the united states THIS MORNING december ast 1st H B gwilliam was arraigned and took the statutory time to plead there are three counts in the indictment nt charging him with unlawful 00 cohabitation habitation THE TRIAL OF BERGEN I 1 was then continued to the finale mr rawlins occupied some time address the court for the purpose of showing that the marriage of defendant wit maria madsen was illegal his lawful wife caroline bein being 9 alive in 1874 he asked that the j jury ary be so instructed the court said the question of a prior marriage of the defendant with madsen a en and the act as to whether the alleged le ge d first wife was alive at the time he married maria madsen was purely a question for forthe the jury to find lf if they and rind the fact of such prior marr marriage aage they must also find that she was still alive at the time of the marriage with madsen mr dickson argued that it is incumbent on the defense to show the fact of not only the new york marriage but show the existence alive of the wife caroline peterson Peter aou at the time bergen married madsen this be claimed the defense had bad not done each gentleman read authorities in support of their respective positions but the doctors disagreed and the court still adhered to itu its ruling and the fact fac t of a marriage prior to that of bergen with madsen was left to the jury but not as a point of law but thus the burthen of proof of the fact rests with the defense mr continued his address to the jury in which lie he still labored to prove to them that the marriage to maud is illegal and that if defendant dant has married matilda lundstedt Lund steda she was the lawful wife of bergen and that the on only y just verdict the jury can find is that 01 ol au not ot guilty for his client the address which was very earnest ea inest eloquent and logical embraced in its range ranee a review of the marriage career care er from the first period of his wedded life to the time lime he be is alleged to have married matilda in logan and occupied 70 minutes in its delivery mr dickson addressed the jury for the prosecution he started out by saying that yesterday the defense said that anna was the lawful wife but today on a new theory of the law matilda lundsted is the lawful wife yesterday they said the law was one thing and today to day they say it to is entirely another thing but the speaker aker believed that the jury were satisfied from the beginning that the defendant was guilty as ag charged me he said his oath bound him as well as did his bis duty to the g government ov compel him to ask the thi jarv arv to convict the defendant il if the evidence warranted ted it but if they were satisfied from the evidence ad dueer danced that he was innocent it was his duty du t y to ask the jury to acquit him a and d counsel would do so BO mr dickso n said however that it made no earthly difference to him what became ot of this case neither did it to the government but he was there to do his bis duty in the premises he slid counsel for the defense had declared that matilda was tile the lawful wife of defendant mr rawlins denied this sta statement and explained what hat he did say saya he traveled over a good doal dal 91 af pf ground covered by his bia remarks yesterday dwelt at considerable length on the fact that defendant was a member of the mormon church that that church commanded its members to pra cac polygamy and that de defendant h had d obeyed that command when tihes he be went to the temple with matilda lundsted he claimed that it had bad been proved that bergen had been married to matilda I 1 or that he was a lecherous beast he continued his bis usual tirade of abuse and vulgarity about the mormon church which occasionally found an echo in the minds of a few sensation alises in the audience and which they demonstrated by audible smiles sailles but which were suppressed by the court in reviewing the marriages ol 01 defendant with his several wives he appeared to take a special ecial pains frequently to stigmatize ristilda ri matilda atilda lundsted as a liar bar lot a strumpet etc in regard to the life or death of the wife anna counsel said eaid it was the duty of defendant to put himself in communication with her relatives es or acquaintances and thus determine facts in the case that such facts could be placed before the jury for their information and action at this trial tilts this he be had not done yet the defense asks the jury to acquit him on the merest me rost B resumption presumption in regard to her existent elisten exi bat nt counsel declared she was d del when he married madsen and he kaa kae anje n it or she would have been beba heard f fro soon after that matrimonial alliance fifteen minutes to four he be closed his speech and the judge charged the luty jury he said in order to convict the defendant they must first find and beyond a reasonable doubt that on or about november 2nd and 1874 he married marts maria madsen and that both parties were fegaly competent to contract the marr marri age there being no legal impediment qa in the way if they find these theme to be facts then they must find beyond a reasonable doubt that on or about agodt the day of april 1886 defendant that nis his wife maud was still alive aliv e living find and cohabiting with defend defendant antas as his lawful wife the jury retired at 4 oe lock in an hour and a half a verdict of ef guilty was rendered defendant was given until january ad perfect it a motion for a new trial BULLOCK BOLLOCK was called for sentence he stated through his counsel capt B R smith that he had bad no legal objection to give why judgment should not be passed on him but he be asked the clemency of the court as he be was poor and bad no nome means austo to paya pava fine he could not give tile the pr promise otalie that would suspend the sentence and would submit ito to the judgment of oft the h e court his honor regretted that M mr r bullock could not give the aromi promise is and sentenced him to six months in th abe e penitentiary MYRON W BUTLER was called there are two counts in the ment meni against him he is also it a poor man and has but little property he could not make any promise for the future as to obeying the edmunds law he was sentence sentenced tt an on one count on only ay it Is six months in the penitentiary and a fine of one hundred dollars to stand committed until theline the fine is paid THIS MORNING governor stanford arrived from the bay city and went to evanston Wl wyoming eming he ws wm accompanied by congressmen fe 1 aon and morrow of the golden state B C an Engl englishman made application this morning for citizenship in reply to the court u r be 0 said he knew poy polygamy eamy was ao a c 1 1 ta 1 he was willing to sit on ju juries riesgo 0 o into the american army tight for the republic 1 and do all other things he may be required to do to promote the interests of his hid new nev country he was admitted |