Show I 1 somewhat william cihi aia E 11 be ton tod of df A MIC ln SO news is an excellent writer a and ad his letters irom from the oa 01 A are r ii always full of int interest irest and reach ally convey correct I 1 in he failed however to gert gerthel heH status of abb snow w tawa th abe following will sho show i it u evident eviden the be was desirous 0 of elating ati the matter fan orf fy i and ind I 1 impartially abitia if the scored st emall fill Y ak tory in I 1 the Supie supreme nier wirt today to day and the zeal of df waa was in is one of tha elders in zion and bi had four wives he re wae was convicted of f polygamy on in three indict corente each charging P hini with unlawful cohabitation each indictment was for a ee wife bul o 0 the tb time alf which the crime was corn given three separate be parate il fine and sod a term of imprison ir imprisonment prison meat in each case ca atho the heavier he aviel the Ja allow wAlloWs one term I 1 of imprisonment was wits to commence as soon as the otherene other end ed and the prospect wad was thai that the old man would stay I 1 in n jail i for the rest of ot hie bis life he lie paid hie bie fi fine ne and served his imprisonment in the arat case and then asked fur for a writ of habeas corpus that being r re e fused by the supreme court of pf utah the case was appealed to the united states supreme court which today to day held that the crime of polygamy is e continuous that there was but one altense off enst durin during the alj 10 time that S snow I 1 now was af a lebed to have with four fou awo women that the ct court urt bad had no right 0 o convict him upon mor ethan one indictment and that having served bis his penalty he should be released the importance and significance of oathie this decision can be seen and it is a test case under which a large nu number aber of mormons who have been similarly must be released to enlarge the penalty indictments have been duplicated and quadruplicated find the elders have been sentenced to several terms pf imprisonment in order to make maki the punishment kr greater eater than was contemplated tem plated by congress I 1 |