Show SENTENCE SUSPENDED I IX IN N VIEW OF THE THIN CASE AND THE 1 circumstances SOLOMON 8 EDWARDS EDWARDS IS SET AT LIBERTY this morning solomon edwards iu lu whose cas case e ju judgment was set lor for march 13 came into the third district court to receive sentence mr rawlins his attorney stated that the infraction of the law for which the defendant was convicted could scarcely be considered such as it was only a technical one at most the defendant was a poor man he having invested his bis means iu in a saw mill at Pleas pleasant atit valley and through the ruling of the interior interior department had lost every dollar of his bis ro perty he had then removed idaho to idaho where he took up a piece of land and aad was engaged in making an irrigation ditch when he was arrested and brought to this city for trial he be also had bad a wife and three small children to support and it if any extended punishment was inflicted to prevent getting in his crops starvation would stare the whole anole family in the face the court then inquired ot of mr edwards whether he be was living with his hj plural lural or lawful wife to which the defendant fondant answered his bis lawful wife the court then asked I 1 I 1 will you live with your lawf lawful uk wife and her alone and mr edwards replied I 1 ayes yes sir at the suggestion of the district attorney in view of the circumstances sentence on mr edwards was suspended and he be was set at liberty |