Show 11 I 1 1 1 I 1 1 in ii m teiei allu C mm luu 0 lilo I 1 q A busy day in he the halls 1 of justice I 1 A CHARGE OF BIGAMY A postponement at the request of the defence defence OBTAINING A JURY inter e ting scenes in the district ourt court ISSUED mn men wh who wre were sal tip mcadod fall pall to apptt tb huia 11 unlawful fal coliton tion cue case 0 is 18 HE A I 1 of ft a moa man who wedded pretty ogden girl in commit lioner court yesterday ee berda francis L batterson rat terson appeared for examination on a char liaro 0 O of bip amy I 1 in the absence of the prosecuting prose cutin at I 1 torney torne mr 1 examined tile wit on oil the tile part lurt of ibe the prosecution smith smith appeared for tho the defendant A plea lilea of not guilty I 1 I 1 was entered and tile first called aai mrs mm izittie II 11 ittie ittle dana patterson tito lady took tho tile stand and stated fiat that phe haq a tile wife A ife ot of tho the tie defendant she was married to bim him on alie day of may slay in n the tile present year ear when m ithem married the defendant ehe she did not know that lio lie had another wife ili in denier denver lie ile had told her that he lie hail had a former wife but evl obtained a divorce from lier her site bad lived with aith him in denser de anve r and defendant give to u under r kland tint that the tile relation ad been discontinued the court granting grait tins g tho the dicerce was W its shown to vit desp i oil the day lief before tire tile mara ril of herself and mr patterso n tool 11 place lace chii aas all the itne I 1 iview 11 in regard to tho tile milter matter tho tile debei defendants VS bul business liess call calls inin him between hen here and denver and lie went ft cut to denver to pra 1 a copy of tile court record in the divorce proceedings proceeding mr after A brief crosa examination the ww wig exe excused used and the neit next IT if for the prose prosecution cut ion vai wall called I 1 sirs mrs jano jane pana dana took lier her ecat seat in the ilia witness wit nets stand bhe site ie Is the mother ol 01 the last witness witness Witt less daughter was roamed married to defendant did not know that defendant enfant had another nife wife he lie bad had aid said hat that he tie had been married before and til that it ho lie had obtained a divorce witness VIM was not satisfied hoover hoa until the certificate of duorte had been produced it was shown to her d daughter ag ter hatsio yn i to lier liar brother on t the he d da t I 1 r before the in marriage arriage took witness did not see it herE herself clr a announced that tins ilia ne was the evidence ovid ence for the prow ution and the nt torne for tho tile defence dc fente moved forthe for the odthe of the defendant ou on the ground that no evidence 0 afan an offence having been coni had bedl introduced mr II 11 asmith smith anade a brief argument nt in ili which he lie referred to tile certificate chirl h I 1 hgo been mentioned in the c evi idenie the gentleman mid said it had not been introduced intro laced I 1 cause a it had find no peal and certainly d did 1 a not n t agair e altogether genuine on it its i face ace however luiere may halo have been ciomo u ral take and this defendant should be given the ilia bent benefit fit of atthe tile doubt the court mid there waa a probable caff e to believe that an offense lud had been be n committed according acco nUng to ilia lit present testimony ee limont and lie should therefore ant fore hale have to overrule the tile motion for t the lie discharge 1 I of the tile defendant tho the attorneys attorn eye for the file defence defense then allied asked for a postponement post for ton ten daye days to enable them to send to denver to verify the copy of the tile certificate and to hunt built up other e evidence in regard to 1110 ease tito case vaa theofore ther fore continued for lei days da 8 and the tile defendants deton dante bail was pat at the tile amount of diw A G A juliy JURY A good aclus clus 1 cf of ken men on open venire ventre thu this tim time A petit jury panel tor for the tile remainder of the may term of the ilia first dietrict district court at ina thia end of the district was Pe secured cured v 0 on open venire enire on the farat enire the following foll follow ing persons were subpoenaed keese reese how howell ell A T waldram Waldra til jenkins william W crosa croes ragn 11 T snyder patsey healey J II 11 jamel thompson 11 II L Gnu nF A Shi eAls thomas ca chaw ha Il garbett garl tt jamea james L dei dee taomas W jones 31 I cLaren coie pliancy stevens bt ciena F D I 1 II 11 V thomas dee me davd david 11 II peery william II 11 wright iri ht john A jost andu and mark lark Vl 1 letcher at 2 yesterday all of these persons appeared except jamee james Thorn Thomp pion flOn and sidney steven j for eor these to two dilatory oried ones judge boreman A lie occupied the bench betich ordered attachments to isae i sae the examination for lot statutory irit actions was i duade by district attorney ey george 8 peters lct cr ae an thie this WH wa the ill nut st of petit inq jury at thie this end and of the tile district dittri ct under mr bews 1 direction interest es t wa was manifested in the proceedings 01 thomas jenkins wae was tho the first per son called being 80 ears old he was ae excused en account of ot advanced advance dage age ft VIll illiam iain W Cro creesman esman wait excused be of hm his being a telephone operator the examination for statutory quit ift was according to tile form already and very few especial features were ere brought out upon the print apal issue in them a caged the quo que hone alons mere were na as follows follot tt J po you ju believe in tile pr practice proc active tico of po 1 lyp tily afave you eer ever practiced ohp ariu o 0 ciple of pola oly gainy or plural marriage warr lap 9 have you 1 ever been cen convicted of the cri crime m 0 of f polygamy my unlawful co t 0 n adultery or fornication have you louever ever advised any anyone one to practice it to all of these questions tile follow int ing named aurora anal answered no henry e r der patrick ik li luitisie tisie J I 1 II 11 ena spargo ar tl L gri gaffin A Sli fell crrz ambrose shaw W J jardes es L dec dee thomas W jones jolles 11 1 V ashurt 1 lift thomae rhomas D dee john A jost and mark fletcher Al mclaren cLaren bovie waa was asked do you ou believe in the practice of polygamy mr BO 1 ie tea tes bir ir al 11 mr peters pe t e r have 11 you ever ln ed poly polygamy mr sir boyle so mr sir peters will ill vou you in future practice it or aid or abet othere others in in the commission of ca polygamy or unlawful cohabitation mr sir bole boyle 1 not so long aa as th there ere I 1 is a iw against it I 1 I 1 ir 1 boyle was ft as passed F D higginbotham was asked do you a believe in tho the practice tico of polygamy poh gamy air 11 II yes yea air air mr sir peters notwithstanding there is a law against awne tit it mr II 11 I 1 do dont I 1 vt bel beleve eve in violating the tile laws of the united states sir peters willylu V ill counsel anyone in in the future to disobey that 1 law aw or aid or abet anyone in in ita its viol violation a t on mr 11 III I 1 cannot answer for the future pawed passed for the present javil DA vi ill II 11 peery was asked do iou you belie believe in the practice of polygamy mr air peery not vi hen lion there is is a law against it mr r 1 lave you advised an anyone 31 to practice ce it mr peery not for several years not since tiie tile passage of tha the edmunds act of 1882 I 1 believe mr peery was paw bawd d william lilliain ill iain II 11 bright wright was asked do you believe in the practice of polygamy mr wr agit 1 that is a part of my toy religious faith I 1 mr peters alave you advised others there to practice that principle 1 mr 1 Imay may have done so in p pat ast years cars but not bince since 1882 passed mr sir peters then read the oath to the file the oath formulated under t lie e edmunds act and the tile edmunde tucker aft act and a asked if any man in in the box could not conscientiously sub bab ac ribe to it mr sir higginbotham answered that h he 0 c could uld not consistent consistently ly take the oath and vi waa as excused accordingly accord angly tito court then asked if a any n y other juror uror had any excuse to present asking that he be be not required to attend the response was almost unanimous mr sir snyder said that hia his business was at a standstill without hie ilia presence but the court refused to excuse him mr air griffin I 1 desire to be excused om our honor because I 1 cannot possibly ably i eart a m my y business I 1 am willing I 1 I 1 9 to send a substitute I 1 have a hook look keeper vl ho is is in in every way qualified and I 1 will let you have him or I 1 am willing to pay three other men to corno come to court in my TO place it if that will be Budni ent tho tito court refused to excuse mr Gr griblin illin when hen mr griffin was vram asked if ho lie had ever been convicted of a felony or inal malfeasance in office ho lie an demurely 1 I think not but I 1 do not know what ahat construction ou on place upon this tin nutter matter I 1 was subpoenaed aa as a juror upon one occasion occasion and I 1 got on the train and left they arrested me and fined me for it ie Is that any disque tion tho the court that was a very very vt icken thing lut but it bardl hardly amounted monn te to in olace patrick Heal thos W jones each asked to be excused excuse 1 but tho the court refused to entertain cuter tun tho applina tion ion david dav id II 11 pecry asked to bo be excused acu ad an account of ili health anil and after a rigid examination the court granted ain request thoe 1 ike e mid said your honor I 1 ought to bo be excused because ic I 1 have no one to leave at my more ex cc r t my daughter and alto is ie not feel I 1 fl 11 tito court Is blie she there now ow air mr dec ik mr dee yes air air the tile court drav probably if you stay hero here mr ife dee eho she will get got better the repeated applications of the men inen to get excused from froin the jury drew out a courteous but straight forward lecture from hie his honor lie ile allowed aho bcd tile selfishness of the tile pleas put forward bv by reminding the men that mat I 1 if they had a civil can on trul trial before the court they would desire df a jury iury of competent and honorable men instead of having it made up of professional bangaern on and yet et A lien tile thew same businow s men were w ere subpoenaed to serve in the same a capacity they all wanted to beg off all 11 the jurors who had hadnot not then been passed or excy ed v were ere escorted into the clerks office and the oath was w as administered to them in the tile meantime llo llouella uell A T 1 drain kobert garbott and i cahoon i were ere examined exann neil by the district attorney at torne all were mere pawed having given ivan ans answers aers amse llo Ilov welland lell and A T 7 caldrain Wal drain took the oath math but kobert robert 3 arbet and thomas alion is cahoon each dw declared ared that ill it he could not lot conscientiously ly subscribe to jt it and abay the were excused excised later a second venira venire for thee th ee ce ju rora was les ined i ned tied it win was returned bo be iring the namee names of william IV V bunga A 11 II lawrence und and john I 1 mr sir lawrence was exam i ined and patt sed and rind he lie took tho the oath the othere others were excused uni til this morning at 10 the attachment fr tor jaal bamm jamm thompson was served and that tha t gentleman wa was brought into court V upon his examination he lie stated thai that he md h ill I 1 been convicted of a felony and avid was as ex excused cued in ansta er to the he court h hu a elated that lie hid not to the tile subpoena when it was boisi first served ha he had been mistaken in in the 1 ditto date tile court discharged the attachment tach ment requiring mr thompson to pay the corte costs incurred paz lr 1 to a late hour 1 night tho officer r my aith w ith tile attachment hao had not in ta finding fili Jing mr sir sidney gidney stevens Stev cn I 1 A little by play when lien mark fletcher her v wa us examined yesterday in the r firel frat di district brict court room upon hie his qualifications to serve ae as a petit firor lie swore that he lie was a re eident tit of logan in cliche cache county mr fletcher is one of tho the india luale to whom a challenge chal lengo was address ed by the peoples pitty patty p itty of I 1 thi this city lit last february on the I 1 ground that lio lie wae was not eligible to voe I 1 ft ogden although he had during daring ins tits former service hero here ai a a juror taken aken the registe registration stion oah oath mr fullier has been it resident of logan for many man years ears I 1 while lule he to answered mr peters Peter aeo so I 1 glibly regarding hia his residence deace A quiet emile finite stole over the faces of many y of the tile spectators wiro were ac acquainted rn anted v aitu ith the te facts two to lawyers mr sir it a and nd mr r H belonging e ng on one to the tile poo ale s P ly nd hie h oilier to lie the liberal party ere sitting together and ath watching in the examination a lion said mr it to clr ir II 11 that one of the I 1 men t on he regi registration I 1 strat 1 it i t laet last 1 february rebr t uary r vie we chillen challenged him on the gr ground 0 u nd of non residence and now he s w a r 5 to the very cry thing of winch which we accused him air II 11 lie ile voted all the same bout bystander y tander air mr II 11 you ou needed a about other just euch such men sir oh no they had the men they on only RF y blackno lacked ed tho the opportunity to buil a 01 k them through OLL OLE HANSENS HAiN SENS CASE A juror who opportunely areus as ft a knowing witness ole hansens trial on a charge of unlawful cohabitation was begun before J adge the first district court yesterday afternoon district attorney peters prosecuted and jas jag N kimball was w as ap pouted by the court to defend the following jury was meled to try the cause deege howell patrick Il acile ealey A 11 II lawrence 11 II V shurtliff T W V jones Al mclaren cLaren bole boyle 11 T snyder JOT II 11 L griffin jas II 11 spargo 4 ir chos dee jas jag L die dee and ambrose axis shaw aho vs the indictment charged that the d defendant e had cohabited with nith martha I 1 ivansen a ansen and matilda goldhill Gold kill beav between aeu may and march 1887 the tile first witness called was airs mrs barthi ivansen the legal wife bho she declined to testify and was excused mark fletcher I 1 letch cr the ubiquitous juryman fro floii in cache county was the seeman ond witness w atness lie ile testified that among many other events the defendant had met w casually in in the tile streets of logan atik and had tery very opportunely in introduced trod witness U to matilda ns as mrs Ilau u cn what defendants wae was in thus putting himself into ho tile power w r of a non sympathizer like sir 1 1 let lether her did not appear commissioner Commisa ioner 1 ciack appear ack was the next witness w bestif ing in to the tile i plea lea of guilty guilt entered by defendant defend int upon lue ilia pro pre i examination before tho the coin missioner mire ioner rhe the case was not concluded last night and is to be this morn W ing cases set for trial the following cases liae have been bet set for trul trial in the first district court october h U 8 vs andrew stromberg Str adultery tc same unlawful cohabitation U h S AS va henry ilu flies unlawful I 1 c cohabitation U 8 vs e kichard richard r ry unlawful cohabitation U 8 vs isaac farley unlawful coll ih tat ion octh U S va vs john jolla farrell unlawful cohabitation people vs biel niel 8 bell U US S ss vs james christensen unlawful ismiel cohabitation 08 U fe vs e jannes JamN h ivansen unlawful aw coli habitation abi tation U S vs janies Ilan II ansey scy unlawful cot b citation 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