Show THE TIlE CABs OF W H IL TOVEY Tuna Tu case ot 0 William H Tovey lovey ot of f the Twentieth V Ward ard who was examined yesterday before Commissioner Nor rell N Nor Nor- Norrell or- or rell on a ol unlawful unlawful cohabit cohabit- cohabitation tion isI isQue Is I one Que QueI I that s naturally incites special comment lent and sympathy The defendant is a quiet industrious and respectable working man Not longer ago than last August he be wass wai released from frog the penitentiary tiar after alter serving a term of six the same saUle offense with which he be is ift now JW charged The Tha evidence for tor the ln prosecution ln- ln In 0 own Wit testimony given with frankness was wall i in substance as fol- fol follows fol follows lows J gig HI i two tw wives Uve live on lots Since his bis release from prison tie be had made his home exclusively with his legal w wife He had however r with more or or less on evening visited the house bouse of his plural remaining probably at no time to t t teed two hours The reasons for the visits were to attend to one of h children who was sick for tor weeks j to instruct his hia ch children dren t i their lessons to convey means 1 their Support to carry water ba b baa to be taken from a point some di ce from the premises and to 8 sa firewood The reason given for n 0 to the two last menti items pertaining to the household W that hIS bis plural wife had bad been from and Is compelled use a crutch while none of the chi dren are old enough to perform tabors labors for tier ber Tile The defendant had n only never slept slet at the bouse house of Li h plural wife but had never ven taka a meal there What would necessarily be the mon sense and consistent view ot of case like this and therefore the and just one ODe for consistency con sense are or ought to be from law and t This Thi WOJ necessarily be nest oest ascertained consideration of what would a ha been the tile course of 01 tine the defendant n he be gone one further than he did in his torts to keep the la law w He Re would have neglected the tion of his hia childr children n and nd allowe allowed theto the theto theto to grow up as rank untrained berg bera of society would as w was as the themselves s thus h ha suffered injury He Me would have fused to support teem hem and tb mother entailing suffering upon or causing them toem to oe be a public b buden den He would have tailed failed perform manual labor lanor connected the household that could not be tended to by bV a lame and helpless woman and could net be do doby duby o oby by the children of tender lender years He elected to extend in thes these part ulars that assistance the refusal tender which would woula have been trous to those who were it If U a man with any res in t the e premises under similar stances were to refuse to bestow necessary course would condemned in any moral In existence How Bow it can be within the spirit of the tae 1 t hold bold a man upon grounds as tho those e adduced pears almost Commissioner Norrell itly bad heart in the toe case catlE indicating by expression that he lie doubted convictIOn would ensue If the were held It would have been with this condition ot of the of 01 that official to have ave give given the def dant the benefit of the doubt In I Instance the benignant rule In tn t respect was reversed it awarded to the toe prosecution If by any possible chance Comm Norrell Norren should be mistaken his biB view which conflicted with wit decision en and indictment and cony tion ensue it would woul be a 80 stood good case present for executive clemency clear statement t ef of all the facts r i adminIstration has expressed favor of the execution of the law wi wi out vindictiveness the Chief Mag having stated that he be did wish the Mormon people to have opportunity o to say with show of son that they were maliciously treaby by the agents of the government |