Show aa s WHAT IS cohabitation 19 judge he in sentencing cinc george chandler cires a definition at five tuesday afternoon mr george chandler Cb audler was called up for entente en tence for unlawful cohabitation I 1 in the first district Dittri ct court Cour courland tand a nd was interrogated by the court as a follows tal lows court mr chandler yo you U have been con a plea of guilty to this indictment have you anything cosay to ay why the sentence of the law should cot not be pronounced mr Chand lerNo jf air i j court where do you mr chandler in ogden court dourt what can you bay say about the future in relation to obeying thia this law air mr Chand chandler lei acan kay n nothing 0 t hing court you do not feel that you could cay say to the court that you could undertake to obey it and live up to it mr chandler I 1 will do the best I 1 can towards living the law court Cour tWill you say to the c court ourt that you will obey the law in the future mr Cli chandler andler I 1 cannot the spirit ie Is willing but the flesh is weak eak sometimes court I 1 am sorry that there is an obstacle in the way saying that you will obey the law you have plead guilty to the offense charged to hare have been committed in 1884 in the first count you you ara are not guilty of the offense since that time according to what you said ld you was guilty of that crime in 1884 but to the complaints made zinc thee then you say nut not guilty if you eay say you will obey the law in the future and do what you eay say you hare have bren been doing for the last fast two or three years it would relieve me from the trial of passing sentence mr Cb chandler andler I 1 do not understand the word cohabitation court well mr air chandler there haa has been some difference in the th way the courts have considered this law and there have been some different movements taken but I 1 think now it ie Is pretty well sett settled fed the supreme court of the territory and of the united states have passed upon it and it seems new now to mean that those who have entered into a polygamous relation in the past must giust cot not only abstain from cohabiting with their wives but from the appearance of it that they will not set such an example hereafter that seems to be the construction the courts of thi this Terri territory toty and of the united state states have put upon it mr Cb chandler andler does it mean that I 1 could not see my children court I 1 do not think it means any such ii 1 thing the law recognizes Dires the fact they are your cb children Ildren and I 1 understand that is your right to support these ladies that have endur entered pd into these relations with you but what is required of ciyou you is that you undertake after this time that you will not appear to maintain that polygamous household if you will say may to the court that you nh will jn the future undertake to respect the law and carry out these pro provisions the policy is to suspend sentence some further conversation c 0 ji took place between the tho court and mr chandler relating to the sustaining of his minor children and of visiting them at their mothers but the con venation on ou the part of mr chandler was bovery low that it cluid could not be heard by the reporter mr chandler thanked the court for bis his kind proposal but declined decline a to accept ce t of the offer rho the court then stated that the sens tence would be fine and the costs of court and that thit be be con fined in the penitentiary for the period of six months and that be he stand committed until the fine and costs are paid |