Show M om s T FIRST DISTRICT COURT the screen case aiani on od arraignment arraignments at the op opening etting of court on wednesday morning the journal was read and the passing of sentence upon gon thoma thomas bullock and M 0 butler was postponed till four this afternoon B C Q sandberg of mound fort WM was admitted to citizenship on motion odthe of the prosecution tho the case cue of the united states vs joseph H dean was continued for the term and will be called up on the second monday of may next the witnesses were excused till that tha t time the wit es in the neilson case were excused till tomorrow to morrow morning H B gwilliams Gwilli ame was armig arraigned ned on a charge of unlawful coli cohabitation abita there are three counts in the indictment and the statutory time was given to plead an order was I 1 made that a copy of the indictment t be furnished the defendant an order waa was made for charles morton to appear on saturday y next at 10 a m to make further proof on his application for citizenship sh T J L rawlins ot of counsel for the defence in the bergen case then addressed the court and urged his honor to instruct the jury that none of the ladies which the iho de fen lant had married subsequent to the marriage marriage contract in new york were legally hie his wives therefore if it should become apparent that defendant defends nt bad married mathilda lundstedt she would be bis his lawful wife and don consequently there would not be evidence of polygamy in reply the court said that if jt it should be found that there waa was a prior marriage in in new york the question aa as to whether the lady then married is still living and still bergene bergens wife is purely a question of fact for the jury to decide after an in exten extended did argument by the prose cu tion the names of the jury were called and the be court permitted the defence to address the jury further accordingly mr rawlins again addressed the jury and occupied the remainder of the morning in an eloquent speech thoaas B helm was arraigned and plead not guilty to a three count indictment and court ad journea till rpm 2 pm afternoon at 2 mr dickson commenced bis his closing speech for the prosecution in the bergen case cue and finished at the case was then given to the jury al W butler was sentenced to BIZ six mouths imprisonment and fined on one count of an in charging unlawful cohabitation to which he bad plead guilty thomas 11 II bullock was sentenced to six months imprison n ment for a similar offense |