Show dadey occurrences sentences tor for violating the edmunds I 1 llam who are are imprisoned for conscience hahe bake one a grandnephew of patrick henryj JANUARY ad 1887 in the first district court this has been a BLACK LETTER DAY the first case called this morning was that of mrs susan B parry who I 1 had been convicted by the petit jury of perjury the defendant was present and in reply to the court said through her attorney mr mi jas N kimball sue she had nothing further to say why judgment should not be pronounced against her the judge then faid said that he had not altered alured Ms intention and desire formerly expressed in regard to this case still he could not allow it at the present thae to go unnoticed alter after peaking of the heinousness of the dime crime of 0 perjury he said people here hee had different ol opinions Anions relative to the the propriety fit the course he had pursued in the matter but he be still felt felc to ad hecq to it lie he said it gave him much pleasure 1 e ure to see defendants hus husband band mr r J joseph eph parry come into court and surrender himself for trial this re lieveld the court from the pain of having baving t inflict the heavy penalty of the law upon the defendant this iwas the first case of 0 the kind that had come before him in this court couri and he be hoped there would not be another ot of a sim similar i lar character it if there ther ewas was he should led feel compelled to deal with it severely the conclusion to which he had ar ehred after looking into the whole matter from all its standpoints was that the defendant pay the costs the approximate amount of witch wilch was 1 50 and that the rest of the sentence be suspended that her bondsmen be released from further liability nd ad that mrs susin susan B parry be released from custody and ga HO free the court added that having been convicted of the offense charged she te is henceforth de barred from appearing in court and boing on the stand as a witness in any case until the decision in this matter is reversed mrs parry then left the court room the case of the united states against alft sidney stevens charged with appio paiao g ig government timber w was as tati taken up mr hiles tor the tad moved ifor at a continuance of the case in consequence of the absence of col burnett the chief prosecuting prosecute witness mr J N kimball fortag for the e defense opposed this and moved for thi the dismissal of the case the defense was ready and col burnett was notified that the case would be called up at an early day he paid no heed how P leye eran raad went e A to his home in indiana to spend gond t the holidays mr kimball said t haq de defense te us e had rights richt which should be re respected beete d ell as the prosecution an and as the plaintiff knew that they were ready and waiting trial their duty was waa to be here the court however postponed the case until the return ol of col cel burnett A motion for a new tr trial al in the case of W G child against L M we wells ils et al was wap made mad and taken under advisement several other civil dases cases were disposed of during the day at pm the following named Ves persons were called and T 1811 mal T SENTENCES of tbt edmunds ia law win M palmer who had plea pleaded eted dulity to a two count indictment for unlawful c co habitation was sentenced to six months 41 confine mentin the Mont r land t tapay paya a flue fine of peter anderson andersen who had bad pleaded guilty to a three count indictment charging the same offense off eose received the same sentence hugh Adams who had pleaded guilty to a two count indictment for a similar offense was sentenced to six months incarceration in the penitentiary and to posy pay a fine of thomas mcneil had been indicted for unlawful cohabitation two cou counts ants he pleaded guilty tone and not guilty to the other he was likewise sentenced to six months durance vile and to pay a fine of robert Hender bou had pleaded eailey to a one count indictment charging the same offense and was sentenced to six months imprisonment in ic the penitentiary enitan and to pay a line of 0 no costs were added in either case harvey Mut murdock dock who three weeks since was ar rained and pleaded guilty to an indictment charging him with polygamy was next called balled for sentence like those who had been previously sentenced lie he said he had no reasons to offer why judg judgment meat should not be passed on him ne neither ither could he be make any promises lor for toe future in relation to obeying the edmunds law judge Hen henderson aerson then said mr murdocks was a somewhat aggravated case it was of so recent a date that it would seem that he had violated the law in pure defiance of the govern government men t arid its officials he could not plead ignorance of the law neither could he like many others plead had entered into plural marriane marri aue years vears ago before there was any law il against it his offense was committed in july last 0 ou H t the 11 e ath 0 of f t that ila t in month ont h the court f urther further said that the defendant gave no assurance ais assurance urance that he would not in the july following his release from punishment take another plural wife his honor did not therefore feel warranted in showing the leniency to him that he would to others and would sentence him to the f ull lull extent of the law he then said mr murdock the sentence or of the court in your case is that you be imprisoned in the utah P penitentiary tor for the alie period of FIVE YEARS and that you also pay a fine of five hundred and you stand committed until the alae is paid assistant prosecuting attorney ogden de hiles arose and requested the court to add the costs of tile the suit to the fine alne already imposed on the defendant the court refused the request wm andrews who had been tried for manslaughter but who had been found guilty of battery was not called not bein being in court at the time his sentence was postponed till saturday next in the meantime his counsel will move for fora a now flew trial the court then adjo adjourned arned till 10 am tuesday biographical thomas mcneil is the son soli of tho thomas m as a ind and emily selkirk mcneil he was born at tranent Tr anent scotland february 1823 was baptized into the church of jesus christ of latter day saints in 1847 emigrate to the united states in 1856 and came to utah in ia 1859 settled in logan cache county where he has contin continued U ed to reside helas arrested oct pleaded dec 23 and was sentenced and taken to the penitentiary january 3 1887 he has two wives and has had bad by them nine sons and three daughters five of the boys are dead he has 38 grandchildren and one great grandchild ROBERT HENDERSON is the son of james and christina dalziel henderson he was bom boin at pension had scotland march 17 1825 embraced the gospel may 29 1849 left his native land in 1863 and arrived in salt lake city on the of october of the same year on the of the same moheb settled in logun and has lived there ever since ye ile has had ten children four of whom three boys and one girl are dead has thir ty six grand children HUGH ADAMS is the son of george and margaret adams he was born at old craig hall edinburgh scotland june 4 1829 was voas baptized into the churell church april 6 1852 came to utah in 1854 arriving in salt sal t lake city october 1 remained there two years and then went to spanish fork in 1860 he moved to logan where ne he has con to reside till the present time he has baa two wives and several children and grandchildren WILLIAM willial PALMER is the son of richard and ann ade adey Y palmer he was born at staffordshire england july 14 1830 was baptized into trie church church in 1848 1819 and emigrated to utah in 1856 1850 arrived in boston mass jelv 10 A from thence lie he went to new york where he remained until 1861 when he cams cama to utah and settled in logan cache county elders henderson adams and palmer were arraigned pleaded sentenced and sent to the penitentiary on the same dates as elder mcniel HARVEY MURD MURDOCH 0 c 1 son oi of levi and elizab elizabeth et h campbell murdock was born in pike pik e town township hip 1 indiana april 27 th 1834 he was i baptized into the church when he was ten jen years of age gathered wath his fathers family to the vales of utah in ia IMO 1850 and has resided in weber county most of at the time since that period he has two wives thirteen children aud A two wo grana grandchildren children living ha hav ve v y mur dock comes of a brave and patriotic I 1 stock patrick Henry being his greas I 1 uncle his grandmother being that great patriots sister his father fathel levi murdock fought in toe the war ot 1812 and the old gentleman died a few years since in ogden city PETER ANDERSON is the son of niels and enger eager jacobson anderson he was born at jutland denmark in 1834 he embraced the govella gospel in his native land on the loth of uly july 1860 in 1863 he emigrated and arrived in utah september ath he has made his home in ila huntsville ogden valley has three wives by whom he has 25 children 14 sons and 11 daughters |