| Show TWO MORE ONE PLEADS GUILTY THE OTHER DOES BOBS NOT at ten this morning there were two persons in waiting on the pleasure leasure of commissioner mckay to gave have IL a hearing on the charge of unlawful cohabitation these were B R Q G sleater leater tf and alexander edward both of this city As soon as the functionary a ry saw fit to proceed he entered accompanied com compa nied by the prosecutor and calling up the first named read the complaint against him of coarse was wa a signed by D W ren bench ch I 1 ind and charged unlawful cohabit cohabitation cohabitation atio n with lydia sleater and elizabeth hancock sleater from february 1884 to january 1st ast the defendant entered a plea of guil guilty and was held to answer in bonds of Y 1600 1500 G F and H L A culmer becoming sureties the two ladies named were held as witnesses in 1200 each the same gentlemen signing their bonds mr edward was next called sad and pleaded not guilty the complaint in his case eadels easels is also a rench bench patent and charges cohabitation with mary edwards and rebecca smith edwards from debrui february kry 1 1884 to january J 1 1857 mary A edwards edwards and john edwards chil children dren of defendant henrietta smith and jas smith were sworn as witnesses the usual quantity and quality of evidence was partly adduced and partly dragged out of them and finally mr dickson discovered that he needed rebecca smith edward and elizabeth smith and having ascertained their abode called on OH deputy pratt who in turn telephoned for Deputy Bowman Canno nand the latter went out at 1130 11 30 in quest of these witnesses half an hour later the knight errant returned without having found the persons wanted it was then suggested that the defendant lefenda ut be held on the evidence already adduced which was done the bail being fixed at 1500 hugh anderson and duncan mcallister becoming sureties the witnesses were also held in each Auli all hand ands s were then released 38 |
