Show STOPPED the arger polygamy case cue I 1 dismissed rt fe i il 5 i contradictory T who x is defendant lawful ba awful wife ahls cosi pa be aub 1 mit tod arf l p at 10 oa on thursday morning the tho caa court A was dipre were few spectators and those who were present exhibited a languid and and tired feeling clerk perkins in a cle clerical ridal monotone read the journal of yesterdays proceedings sirs mrs susan parry was vi as arraigned on a 2 of perjury this is aie the case in ment waa was and the case ordered to be bore re submitted to the brand grand jorr 11 mrs rs parry Pairy jook cok tho the ati statutory time in which to plead john bergen entered a plea of not guilty to a charge of polygamy george 0 woods of woods Wood cross asked as to his lils plea to an charging barging pol polygamy gamy replied guilty against the T law aw of or man but not of god 10 sentence will be passed on saturday may ath at ten mr woods will also bo be sentenced for unlawful cohabitation on june in the third district court th the 0 case of the 71 8 vs john ber ders gen waa was taken up and the following jarrous called IV 11 jones i P 11 Jeffi jeffera Je flera bp A adam dam kuhn kubil N montgomery C P jen aings T Z Geo Lashus E F 41 hopkins john hua II 11 use samuel U H giesy J p Q armstrong Armstron gand and A P 11 harris arril mr ben shocks sheeks assisted by C C richards esq conducted the crawfor the defense I 1 the jurors were examined examine dby by the defense and passed for cause mr montgomery was excused by the prosecution for his belief that bat it is right for a man to haw omoro than one wife under certain cert aln circumstances JS 11 gicey was as peremptorily abal bened by the defense tha jurors bors obtained were sworn and toan john horrocks and george burrows were called 1 mr was challenged by the defense and wm win lund took a I 1 seat inthe in the jury box and after ills his ex by the defense was ft as of exx bused 6 on the part of bf the prosecution G george borger murphy wak wa called and ac fic aci i cepter this ills completed the panel and the indictment chargi charging char gins bi jolin john bergen with the offense of polygamy poly pamy in mar crying one mathilda lundstedt on the 1889 he heathen then hav hay effig a living ving and and in dewy U wife ilfe I 1 alls mr bread dickan in address address to tho jury stated that the prosecution boeti not ef eject hect to fu furn ralah lelany any direct and ibe alleged poly 0 I 1 parri marriage age with abat mathilda f 11 1 R I 1 ih bo would bd b circumstantial they would prove prova tb defendants defend anis airet marr marriage inge and that he had three other wives livit previous oue tua to thie tide last inar and that he lie la is a oer of the church of jesus C ari bof latter latte aday day saints which reli reUA ios body teaches aches the doctrie doc trib of plural harriage arriage ni and that eaid said religious body celebrate celebrates ts marriages in the temple at logan the rest ef of tha facts connected with tho the case were briefly outlined byth by the e district attorn attorney ay 4 w augusta bergon the defendant was sw sworn rh defendant is bu illig as parried to him in salt lake city 1 august u gust 11 alth th 1873 he lie had no wife ail 11 vine ng at tho time witness married him he was a widower and witness had been divorced from her former husband lias has never been divorced from defendant fen dant I 1 cross examined defendant had haa another wife in the old country when i she married him witness obtained i a divorce from heg he former fornier husband in salt lake city annie black was sworn defendant ant is witness husband mr objected to thier witt witness less testify testifying inC on the tho ground it was im reat eriaL overruled witness continued wae was married to bergen in march 1881 maria madsen was called ie 19 a wife ife bf defendant was as married to w him in 1475 in Po vember dont know what relation augusta bergen holds jo defendant e augusta bergen recalled ia dont t ikno no adf df her husband d from wh chota cunil eho e was wa divorced is still living witness afterwards said ho he was living in call salt lake city now was liras married to bi her first husband in III sweden gustave Is his bli name I 1 23 29 year of age wasyll rat married she obtained her divorce from elias smith sen of salt lake city cily her divorce was obtained four or five months before she married bergen cross examined it was only a church divorce to the court i judge smith eave stave her the divorce the divorce bore a court seal t to mr sheeks she received noa no pa paper p er from judge smith mr dickson asked to get the record of the probate court of pf lake the witness answers from froid the fact that eho she ia Is oni only poorly acquainted with the english lank lan tinge being very contra contradictory sicto r mr dickton also remarked that the witt tie ness ss testimony now is different from that given before the grand in enry mr air dickson went to the telephoto boug hoti to see if the there e w woe a of tho the divorce divor cc abd a lecese till two P pm i was takes ken i SEMION at two pm the waa was brought to aai an abrupt termination mr dickson bated stated to the tho court that bo ire had ascertained by telephone bone None that augusta bergen never applied for nor not obtained a divorce from her former husband lie ile therefore asked that the indictment be quashed and the case dia dismissed missi dand fand resubmitted to tha grand mu jory djury the defence ai asked keffor for a voTa verdict lct but this was opposed by mr dickson Dick soa and overruled by the court the jury was thereupon dia charged and with witha a sigh of leipf the mem bors left on tho jury box the cabe of the people vs to william johneton johnston grand larceny w wu on coni tinned for abe the court thatto that chatto tomor to mor row moral mor alagan ag an endeavour be made to dispose of the remaining rema remaining inin I 1 ces on t tho he law and motion 2 calendar the gried jury came into court and a ad retorted reto raed an indictment corome indictments the court then ilien took an informal brecese the of the indictment wae was discovered when john bergen waa was arraigned on an indictment charging char xing him with marrying matilda lund steda his lawful wife maria madeen thea then still living the vitaeo bad had bew lem taken be fore the grand raad jury and an indict meat in ent found mr bergen will eater enter bis his pl plea cleaon eaon OB monday morning at ten and the case was wass set for trial at that date the petit jurors were exceed till munday monday morning at ten |