Show A MORE consistent REGIME SOME incidents connected with the proceedings of the third district court during the past week are calculated to establish a better feeling in the community than has previously existed there appears to be a sentiment more harmonious with the spirit of the law in its administration than has heretofore obtained the court and its officers seem inclined to enforce the law without exhibiting I 1 malice or vindictiveness against a certain class of persons charged with offenses against U S statutes stat utes with special reference to the laws against unlawful cohabitation A casein point is that of james bishop who was acquitted he mar lied fied his bis plu plural ral wife 24 years ago she had beca a confirmed invalid for 23 years and had lived in the same dwelling as his first jamily family for twelve years the reason being that she was utterly liel helpless pless and had bad to be waited upon by the other members of the household to have convicted him would have simply inflicted punishment upon him because becaas he had not perhaps fully ally f complied with the letter letof r of the law and had bad not increased edthe the suffering or even caused the death of a hopeless in valid woman the circumstances were taken into consideration and the defendant was very e r y properly discharged no end of liw w 0 or rj justice jjustice could have been sub 1 served while a principle of common humanity would have been outraged by any other result t during this week chief justice zave t t took ook occasion in the case of andrew romer homer to reassert the position he took on the question ote of presumptive cohabitation as decided in the terri ortal orial supreme court in the snow ase the decision was to the eff efface act hat cohabitation with a legal wife was resumed on the mere basis of rela ton ship evidence of association being unnecessary judge zane dissented torn tom this view and held that there st be mome evidence of association ft has hae reasserted in charging a lay the position he then took and d itE soundness is so clear as to be an a al mist self evident he be acquittal of william henry hagh indicted for unlawful ul cohabit atle was also a refreshing departure aroi the former regime not a acin bilbo evidence was adduced by the prosecution proe cution and the judge therefore instructed the find and a verdict of not bilty allty ahse instances are indicative of the bening of a not less vigorous but staler and more just administration of th tb law when statutes are en acte cand inserted in the books it is the understood autv of the officers to eafern them when this is done in a getlir rope spirit apart from special vin ness against any one class and when lie he forms of law are respected ili HI prosecutions not much fault will be found f with those who enforce the laws |