Show V t 1 f i sa t f V the sentence passed on editor DOLLARS AND COSTS hia honors remarks thero aro other Libo lors in utah s 7 ayten 0 clock this morning the auditorium of the district court was comfortably filler with petit jurors and bugl merai ion ot interested spectators buzz of conversation continued among the lookers ah and it would be hazardous to gues what was the nature of this varied i m inside the bar C F mid dietor die tou choso whoso trial it will bo remembered was set for today to day and was to take rece dene over every other case excepting the one in course of trial should any be on trial mr C W Hero enway editor of theO ouEN also occupied a seat inside the bar awaiting the action of the court in regard to the sentence in the cibyl cases the little group waa augmented by the appearance of mr W G child who was in attendance for the pur pose of pleading to a charge of un lawful cohabitation with his wives the assistant prosecutor 0 S varian was in attendance in all the glory of a bundle legal papera and a stiff hat among the attorneys present were hon P H emerson N kimball A II 11 heywood II 11 nelson C C richards II 11 H G J marsh and prosecuting attorney V bierbower at about twenty minutes past ten justice 0 V howera entered the room and after a whispered consultation with clerk A 0 emerson took his scat on the bench at the call of bailiff bridges order was obtained and court was opened the journal was read and signed by the court the case of the U S vs C F middleton was postponed in conic quence of abe sickness of hou F to richards one of the counsel for the defense by consent of counsel for the plaintiff the eilsea of moses thatcher vs josiah hendricks same vs job webb bame vs aco brown vs james cowley and same vs niels nelson were continued lor the term by request of judge R K wil learns W G child sr wa given till tuesday feb in which plead in order that his attorney might have an opportunity to look over the ruling of the supreme court in the snow cases his honor then staled that to day was the date beet for pacing sentence on C W Hemen ivay editor of the u and requested that gentleman to stand up by the court in cade no the direct number of this court you were indicted by a grand jury of this district for the of libel you pleaded not guilty to the indictment and you were tried by a jury and verdict of guilty rendered sentence has been postponed till ibis date and 1 now aik ai k y have anything to eay why the of the law should not bypassed be passed upon you mr heminway Hem cnway your honor I 1 have nothing to eay the court then asked i mr Hemen waya counsel desired to eoy anything in regard to the matter and judge william responded by saying that ho represented mr hemenway in one of the cases to which he entered a plea of guilty he thought however that mr recent course had been such would commend itself to his honor judge williams also called attention to the fact eliat the r ress in this part of the country had been allowed to run on generally loose principles aud mr Heru enway is filhe first victim of the to re form the affairs the court alien passed upon mr hemenway as follows probably one of the most difficult amica abudo idaa to perform is thai of passing ho can take no account of liis own feelings fur or aminat a ho annat amply take into consideration tho charged and the lur involved what is remanded by in the way of punishment and as to whether a severe or a punishment is needed hy way of im example and for the reformation of the party charged I 1 think it ia un fortunate ort for this country that theoal of slander und of libel are not considered as pos the 1 turpitude thai it would to me such u ID u some one remarked once that lie travels by telegraph raph while truth afoot ono alio lias yon arol of a newspaper newt paper liay in a ehnle day blast a reputation and character that hae bakon acara to build up the people what they read in the papera is made tho community a It must be aruo or it would not have been printed the ordinary presumption of innocence which should shield every man when boia charged with larimo coee for naught lie ia immediately called upon to explain away the detains upon his character I 1 nay it is a moral wrong and yet bubli h rii been the courso ot abe press acner 1 ally eo lightly havo they treated matters which beem to ne ti be offen cea tho public sit large acero 1 there is a liberty pr peal el and blander raen chiff is not true tho press ha aly liberty liber jy blut wt cinto the court air hemenway Hemen wey you and cx t act justice atio duty of the court iu itkis in other cases in passing sai fence has a painful duty one however eliat no aulgo can shrink one unit every judie must meet and do what ie just and do what ho thinks to bo done I 1 have watched your course since your conviction by the verdict of a jury in tilts particular case and by your own plea in two other and I 1 have been very pleased to see tha you have alt to avoid trilling with personal I 1 abo reco aize th fact that yon are not the ony man in this territory that Is guilty of tile crisino of libel however yon arc alic only man that stands before nio or possibly it donld be better if you were not alie only one it may lie some that you stand glicr c to receive the for oilier but such is not the fact there is plain law upon the statute book that no editor can write el cetera here his honor quoted alic law upon the question which provides for 1 fine not 1000 and imprisonment not exceeding twelve r for each his honor said this i a law and it is my duty to enforce it the sentence of the court is in case no that you pay a fine of and costs of prosecution and that vou stand committed until the fine ia paid in the other two nos and sentence ia su bonded I 1 have not thought it waa my duty in view of the you have taken that I 1 should inflict a punishment or that this punishment should be severe I 1 have endeavored simply to do that which would call buur attention perhaps more forcibly to the fact that the law must not bo violated and to call the atten lion of others to that fact as an example to the public and as a punishment to you fur the offense offence charged mr hemenway Hem euway was ahm remanded to the custody of an officer the petit jurors were excused till two pm and the room was soon vacated bv the interested spec gators |