Show THREE OASES j n ff E 1 a ra ai f it S 1 phere liay eLeen condic bious for foro powers and be lias suffered the poignant agony of pass upon well knowd citizens of this community each peculiar phase A e this defendant was examined before commissioner mckahand McKa yand declined to allow members of his fam aly to be placed in box finnly but quietly th at he could and answer all the questions which might be asked to the case while he boldly denied any guilt he just als boldly claimed the two ladies named in the complaint as his wives and declared that he had jibed with them as charged he was indicted he was arraigned before a jury of his coun upon his unqualified and unequivocal ho lo 10 conceal no other witness than himself was called he made a but eloquent spee chin which the i recited the of his an fn tho revelations ve lations of god concerning celes arriage and finally proudly conceded all the material facts charged against him the judge instructed the jury briefly and fairly they retired and in a few returned with a verdict of guilty hut with an earnest recommendation of mercy judge powers made such state as indicated hia intention to deal mercifully with the defendant mr browns advanced age his an the finding of theary all combined to demand the ats most leniency from the court jews gentiles and cormons mormons Mor mons seemed united in tho hope and expectation that the audgo would use the discretion given him by law and either suspend sentence or inflict ant a nominal punishment anen the final moment arrived the sorrow ful feelings overcame turn andee sentenced frances A brodu to pay the full penalty of ade baw boroi BROWN the proceedings in the case of were to those in the arol of francis A brown the defendant had no jury trial however he pleaded guilty and made a frank and touching statement to the court moroni brown unlike liia bior stood before the court in the full jaush of manhood when of all times life and liberty are dear to the human heart the conduct of ghisi defendant during the prosecution 0 ahja case and his irreproachable character appealed strongly fora mitigation of harsh judgment he was sentenced like francis A brownlo Brown fo pay a fine of three hundred doll arsand imprisonment for six months in this as in case judge powers suffered almost unbearable pain in his feeling s J G ai tv JOB several days were occupied in tho trial of job lineree Pi neree the w a s pal characteristics or the proceedings were the numerous sorrowful rei delivered by the judge to witnesses whenever they stopped to i a consider la alic constant overruling of the defense and alio sustaining of the prosecution the almost utter absence of sufficient competent compe and the final verdict of guilty upon what one of the jury has since practically admitted to have been heard outside of the court ta is morning mr pingree stood up for sentence he eaid that ho had endeavored iu good ta obey the law since its passage but when questioned by jhb court he tb g theany pledge for hia auturo conduct once more was judae powers mastered by liis feelings of grief but his pain was not intense aa in the former cases job pingree waa sentenced to pay a fine of three hundred dollars and to be imprisoned for five months the judge remarked in passing judgment eliat a great pressure bad been brought to bear epou h alto in behalf of this defendant that even gentilee Gen tilea had appealed to him for leniency that was a painful sight at the railway station in this city on sat arday two men beloved of the people w ero parting from their friends and homes to go to prison for a term of months one was A afe of wark ha d broken hit iranie but we atiat 1 to bend his courageous arit he felt that should this martyrdom be 2 the baat wa act of his life the A would enot to be an inglorious one his companion was younger moio erect in figure and lighter in step but he had tho same bravo heart they stood side by side while men and women were around them weeping it is well for the exquisitely sensitive soul alf judge powers that a lie was woe 5 scene might have endangered his slumber for abe comin g stricken wives and sob and sob again but they were only clay it is the lot of su ch to suffer but the supers I 1 human woe which would have been endured by the judge was well avoided His agony of mind iu forgetting all the mitigating circumstances cum stances and the solemn recommendation men dation for mercy had been as much as he should be asked to bear tonight the sad y i be repeated i and i we trust eliat judge powers will be present only bv proxy if the judges private secretary is sufficiently hardened there to represent tho 7 su w k court |