| Show A superstition a justice baues teto a tete with I 1 two conscientious men THE FULL rull PENALTY IMPOSED george 0 lambert Lain bort and henry W Na receive their sentences such scenes as that which transpired in the mccurt court room on tuesday are now unfortunately of too fr frequent e occurrence to create any een bation lie the prominence of the two men who received the tile judgment of the tile court however george C lambert and IV Naf abitt drew out more than the usual attendance and unit there wasa was a manifested in the developments in i each case we hive give a verba liin ac count of the remarks remark a that ilia pasted p assed be 1 tween prisoners donera and nd audne j d g e tj the u un conflict ilet cen act tlona flona belief and rigid and unbending power lemorge curo 0 lamberts name was first called lie ile arose and in response t to 0 jude judge zanes inquiry whether be fie had ha d anything to say why sentence should reading from rom a paper which commenced he lie held as follows with your honors lio nors perm lealon I 1 would like to say a few word words before receiving the tile judgment of the court fur the first kinle in my life I 1 stand convicted of an all offense never be for foro have I 1 ever been accused of any breach brei ili of jaw law or order I 1 have h ave been c evicted of unlawful cohabitation m aith ith my mv wives I 1 congratulate myself thi t my n y offense is not more heinous ali that a t no such charge can be unstained usta ined aga against instine me as was sometime preferred against the man who arre arrested eted me and who still maintains liis ilia liberty chat of indulging in illicit intercourse outside of the marriage relation r e the court the court care about boyme else if yon you have anything to pay say why sentence should not be pronounced against you you can eay say it sir mr lambert ye yes sir air I 1 avas just going to cosay gay I 1 was wal pleased n W such 11 ch crime could be pr berred against me as that of abt adut liu i L ah PC tt 16 6 in this respect for such 14 1 generally tile case caze among the lat ter day maink their religion enjoins the stricter ctet chastity and they arc are taught to defend virtue virttie with their the court I 1 dont care anything r about that if you yott have any reasons to off r vou may simply state them mr lambert I 1 simply wrote down what I 1 would llop lik t to A sa say the court I 1 dont want hear any further of such a discourse as that 1 A to i there any reas reasons ns why sentence hotuj 3 n t be passed sir lambert according to a tain high judicial op opinion lillon the common oft ellse of the latter day saint saints consists in ill V peat teat part parts if not chiefly in haunting flaunting their I 1 polygamous 0 O a MOU 8 op u gitles or relationship in the fa fare fae e of the tile world of this tills 1 am not I 1 lived a very sive life the prosecuting attorney attorneys mi ui iii k gnp on was vas for many in tits one olle of my nearest liela neighbors li bors and hia big alstadt al ism stait I 1 it mr varlan varian has lived within a few fer rods of home for a much inger 1 nger period yet I 1 venture tit t say ESY moral sensibility was never shocked by n I 1 I 1 ever said or did in fact fac t I 1 doubt whether they ever knew ally anything thing about my donies ic relations until an apostate apon tate neighbor informed upon me quite recently you yu may lay nut nt regard it as any pa palliation 1 liati oll of my offense bu but t I 1 may say althou 11 I 1 would much prefer tn to retain my I 1 liberty berty and labor for f support of my family I 1 have never to evade this issue I 1 have hay e met it squarely and when wanted for trial the les testimony upon which I 1 was convicted I 1 do noi not know that I 1 care to eay bay a great deal more but I 1 will add this your honor I 1 have tried to live a decent deat nt an hon orallo and a virtuous have done I 1 have done conscientiously tiou sly I 1 can eay say as did the apostle pul 1 I hava have li ched ed in all good conscience scie lc to tills day I 1 have married two wives I 1 believe it tu be a divine requirement q ui rement no attempt has ever re b been e made to convince my reason that I 1 am wrong that I 1 am in error in this I 1 have no idea that force would do so r believed I 1 was serving god in marrying two wives I 1 still entertain that belief and now I 1 can cay say with the apostle peter whether 11 other it he be right in the eight of god to obey man rather tha than nGod god jul audne ige ye 11 1 I have nothing further to r honor the h 0 court courter mr lambert acc accord i gnp ng to your own testimony you aro are here before tho court ae as a crit criminal ninal you must be treated ae other crimi D nals als in Is it your intention hereafter bere afier to obey thel awatif united ti mr bir lam bamben bert 1 I prefer not to make your honor for tile future the court don Dont it know wh whether ether Y you will commit any crimes iu in tile future or not mr air lamberton lambert of course I 1 could mild not say bay aa as to that the tito court you mua must t understand that there ie Is a law O 0 of f the united states prohibiting polygamy and find you must obey that law or take tal e the con sequences mr ir lambert I 1 understand un der stand that the rhe court by the enforcement of t the he law society is protected fro from the criers t committed by criminals among these crimea rimes unlawful tation and poli polygamy janjy and you offer no why the tile court should give vail a moderate or at light punishment ite em that you knowingly violate th the lavre 1 a of pf your country ant idd 1 the fact have a that yon believe in Indoe does snOt not make it any the less a crimo o 0 many men in the paal past committed crime that it was m list be prodoc pro toc ted frola these cricca cr itne I 1 I 1 I 1 will fix your punishment to be confined ip in the penitentiary for a term of six months and pay a fine of and cost of the prosecution and you will eland stand committed the costs and fine are paid mr lambert thank you I 1 alt III naisbitt Nai abitt then arose and step ped forward and the following ensued the courter court mr naisbitt have you anything to say why sentence should shad not bo be pronounced against you sir air naisbitt Nals bitt slay it please the court I 1 have not had an opportunity of seli defonse and if it would be neree able I 1 should like to gi give verea reasons for my position and ghow some I 1 think court court well the court dont wish to bo be too severe this tills crime of unlawful cohabitation cohabit alion though is a a roan man convicted of it he is isa a criminal such of anses a aft polygamy poly pamy and unlawful cohabitation wont bear martyrdom Idon I 1 dont want twant any person to appear before thie this court to make himself a martyr by tile state ment I 1 if you have reasons why sentence should not be pronounced you may slate state them mr naisbitt I 1 should like to give a reason for my position your honor court your position mr air naisbitt yos sir air and how I 1 came thero there the court came where mr naisbitt ae As a prisoner before the court there are reasons fur the tile actions of men I 1 should like to give reasons the court couri you yon may state your reasons rei mr naisbitt I 1 was born an enar lishman and was early taught a love for american institutions and its liberties of conscience and of thought and I 1 camo to this land and a became a citizen in connection with the early training I 1 had hall been taught in the christian religious relic iou my father fattier was a good man anil unit my mother was a good woman my sabbath school teacher and ray my mintter mint ter were good men and they taught me to accept tho the bible as the word of god As a result of that training trai knowing tho the actions of the great and good men of the he past as I 1 accepted when I 1 heard this phlp theory of plural madriago mar riago if it I 1 have erred errell in in that I 1 have erred with abraham braham A jacob and many of the creat great and worthy of the tile past part the first wife that I 1 married your honor flonor is dead the second wife also is dead and I 1 was indicted for unlawful cohabitation with three who presented themselves in court I 1 had presumed that under tho tile law if it the tile first wife died that the r i w when I 1 en I 1 awid already had two wives living she went into that relationship voluntarily it suited her a and nd 1 it au suited i ted tho the balanco balance of my iny family who had ceen teen in that condition previous I 1 to that time but it was ib testimony sho IS was assumed to be I 1 tile first wife all the testimony of w weight eight that wae was brought against mo me was this the C ourt the evidence has bag been decided upon you need not review the here clr naisbitt bitt I 1 wished to show the th a extenuating circumstances one of theeo the so wives I 1 married seventeen sef enteen I 1 years ago another fifteen the next eight so that I 1 am nin not in that benbo of the word a violator of the ed munds law low I 1 have not entered into that relation since that law i passed pars sed and it was in evidence before the court that I 1 lial had not visited this wife since that period prescribed in the tile indictment I 1 had has visited her once at her request when ehe abe was sick whether that was any dia dig credit to me to havo have visited a wife in her confinement and whether that fact that I 1 had visited her should in euro sure my conviction and tho full penally penalty of f the law ia is for the court to determine if I 1 understand the penal t ty y attached to this crimo crim e bourt how ilow many wives have you mr air naisbitt Nals bitt I 1 have married A ried three wives your honor but I 1 was show ing in that I 1 was not living in unlawful cohabitation the question wae was sei set tied by the iury jury and it ie is not necessary sary to diec t the he evidence here mr air naisbitt Nai Na ebitt labitt 1 I wanted to ebow show that pir ar as an extenuating circum stance stan e I 1 understand that it is in the power of the court to limit or to give the full penalty court well I 1 dont care to hear any more r marks in the line that you are do you intend to obey the law mt air naisbitt Nai abitt I 1 bavo have obeyed tile law 6 court I 1 asked you if you i intended to the liw mr air Na naisbitt would your honor to r beato tat e what obedience to the law would be court you anderst understand and elf sic I 1 presume mr I 1 do not sir court arc are you able to say I 1 that you will ebey obey the tile law according acco t to yu thebe I 1 e best of your judgment thai that you will coh cohabit abit with only one woman mr naisbitt if lf it please the tile court court 1 asked you the question atlon 11 can call you yon answer it mr yes sir I 1 can aar anwer it but in my iny own way court I 1 asked the Inesti Oll whether whet lier you intend liere hereafter after to obey the law lav against gal tibt unlawful I 1 cohabit cohabitation and polygamy anti and live with your YOU r ial aj wife if you have one naisbitt Nals bitt 1 an prep prepared sired to gay say that it U my wives eck seek a severance sevar ance court be Bo frank and honest sir I 1 asked you the tile question wh whether ettler you intend to obey the tile law agalos polygamy gamy r and unlawful cohabitation naisbitt will tl the ie court allow me to say ay that there are other martlea to hie the contract court you can answer the 1 question I acs you dont seem to he willing to pron promise jise to keel tile law Nals naisbitt bitt if my wives desire des alre it lt I 1 am jun willing ti to do my part court you are notable to promise then if you will f nat Na labitt batt 1 I 1 all not by my myself belf courtrell Cour tWell mail who li ij of crime aad will stand tip tit before court and say that lie ile will not obey llie the law in future cannot expect any len leniency teney the tho law lav against polygamy and unlawful co hab italton ilvia the I 1 court di discretion and it la Is the duty of the court so to tu 1 exercise it that the thi law ma may accorn the purpose for which tt it was intended to prevent the crime you appear before the court and wont promise ph r 0 alte that you will obey the law in t the e future it Is 1 equivalent to saying that tha y you ou will li y violate 1 0 1 n t e t the h e aa laws w s 1 in n t the f future t ire anier if f you you c choose 1 i 0 0 s e to t 0 in 1 n tact t e t I 1 it the Is th the inference nce that you will violate the hw and commit the same crime over again in the future you must obey the laws of your country if you do tint not you must bear the consequences you must be treated as other criminals spend your time among them in the Penitent penitentiary la ry and anti be covered with disgrace and infamy in III the eyes of law abidin abiding f mm men because any man who will violate v 0 late the laws of his country is an enemy to those laws lie ile lias has not that respect for law which lie he ought to have and lie he cannot be a citizen the usual sentence was then pronounced noun ced and both mr naisbitt Nals bitt and mr lambert were vere conducted to the marshals office to be escorted from thennel a few hours later to the peni pent salt late lake herald |
