Show THE inquisitors INQUI A grand jury lor for the february term teria secured in the third district court this morning the work ot of securing a grand jury for the term was proceeded with the following names being called 56 philo dibble 39 K R G Bay bould 78 M W pratt 16 john way wayman man dibble believed plural marriage to be ba right and was excused B G held an opposite view to that expressed by mr dibble and was accepted M W pratt believed in polygamy and was excused john wayman did not believe it right for a man to have more than one wife had believed that such a practice was admissible that is that it was not morally wrong it there was no law jaw against lit it to me it would not be right the morals of a person would be of a higher character if he be did not practice polygamy poly amy I 1 dont belleve believe in plural marriage as taught by the mormon church if I 1 there was no law against the practice I 1 would woula leave it to the conscience of the individual if there was no law of the united states forbidding polygamy I 1 think it would be wrong tor me I 1 dont kouw as to anybody else court you may stand aside reuben C fuller and F kehrman atre reported as not found by the officers the ahe tollo wing were next called 75 george aw 1 2 calvin W richards hards log charles longson george was not a believer in P polygamy and was accepted I 1 C W richards ichards and chas longson were excused for their belief in polygamy the next to come forward were 42 2 win derr den 69 george V F flose bose wm derr was excused tor for his bis belief in plural marriage G F rose did not entertain that religious belief and was accepted caleb D brinton was waft called he did not believe in plural marriage aage was a mem berof the church of jesus christ of latter day saints never did believe in plural marriage thought it was wrong had sever never preached it was in good standing in the church repudiated the doctrine of polygamy this completed the panel and each of the jurors subscribed to the court oath the jury is now composed of the following persons B G Ray buld foreman J H woodman walter Day davidson David idson sou robert scott robert T burton jr fred bennett N A scribner wm win J horne home joseph Oberndorf cr smith ehenger isaac elkington Elking tov charles W watson george george P F rose caleb R D brinton Brin tou B G raymonld Raybon ld was sworn as f foreman ore and the whole body took the oath as jurors judge zane then save gave his bis charge jtb tp the jury instructing them to investigate all charges charae of violations of the laws of the united states or of utah territory made against any person if fl those charges were based on sufficient evidence eviden rae to cause them to believe a crime haid bad been committed A nut number fiber of persons hod bad been held by commissioners and ma magistrates 6 i strates to answer to the grand jury and these should be attended to as earty early as s possible the jury should investigate any crimes brought to te their notice or if guy any of them knew of any aay they should make them known to their fellow jurors they should be diligent sud and careful calef ua it was wrong to permit crime to go unpunished it was also wrong to indict an innocent map as t there here was no adequate remedy for such humiliation and disgrace the evidence must be sufficient tient to create a probability that a petit jury would convict the various offe paes are de blaed by the jaws of the united states and of the territory of utah some 0 senses offenses a portion of the people believe abi they y have a right to ta commit this does not justify the offense offe nae the jury must be by the law against polygamy even I 1 though the accused believes tobe to be wrong there are also other offenses defined by the low law any information as to the be low law will be furnished by th the court A record of persons against ii whom charges are made and of the witnesses should be kept they should also keep the grandeury gran grand djury jury proceedings secret the jury then retired in charge of bailiff wm win mccurdy |