Show THE DISTRICT COUR T I 1 I 1 I 1 11 asur 11 of unlawful cohabitation cases casts disposed of yesterday 1 1 1 1 OIE OXE DI I 1 fla 02 tbt be case of james martin the he jury bis a rc ej incesti to be held 11 t 1 16 today to day sederal witnesses I 1 the district coort court room was f filled yesterday morning mornin w with ith spectators I 1 upon the opening ol 01 ot the work for or the week the th case of bf jacob hanson IIa neen of bear river city was first called the defendant was charged wib unlawful cohabitation and pleaded not guilty the regular jury was called and t the case proceeded with richards i and in d barton a appeared fur for the defense and attoway J M zane prosecuted A young a ng son of mr hansens IIan sens and al also so to bis I 1 alleged second wife were examined a ane evidence adduced went to show that mr haneen bad been married to dora ilaleen in the year 82 and t that abe he up to the year 1886 1896 ac acknowledged knowle abad her as his wife that in october 1886 the defendant left utah for denmark and returned in the latter part oi of 1888 and tha it since that time bad had never in any way I 1 corabi bated with the said dora haneen trio tatter latter stated that she still continuo conti cont inuss nuM to regard him as her husband but aa did noi not think the defendant considers her as his wife mr kalapp objected to a number of the questions ions which were all overruled rule eest mr zino Z no said he be did not consider tho the evidence strong enough to convict and the court ordered mr HID ilan sens release the case of james martin of harris tile tille charged with unlawful cohabitation was next called kimball allison appeared for the defendant ard attorney zane represented the tho government several witnesses were examine done ot of whom was the alleged plural wife Eli elizabeth brown miss brown testified that ebe she had never been mirrie d to the defendant nor sustained aa any 7 marriage relations with him la in the year 1884 she had been very ill dri and d thinking death was upon her asked to be sealed to some of her malo male friends the ceremony was delayed until the latter part of the ye year a r w when hen herself and mr martin w went ent to the loean logan temple and there j they were sealed for eternity ont only miss brown never considered the ile defendant her husband and he be had never contributed contri to her support in ady any manner whatever it had been hr custom for several years past to belt helb the various neighbors with their work for a certain consideration and she bad several times been employed by mrs martin to assist the latter with the family sewing I 1 and on several occasions bad had been obliged to remain at the house di night and tike take few meals there jus as her own home was some distance away on every occasion she the bad lika may been n by tho the lady of he the house i for her services in money and the defendant had never given her eo so much as a hat had never taken her anywhere or met her when no other person was present the witness did dia n not 0 t think that ehe she bad had any right V I 1 consider herself as hia his wife and bad had never done so she had never had any children and always resided with her parents A little over a year ago her sister f who resides on rait salt river idaho was very eick and sent for the witness t to 0 help her Ther request had been complied with and up till the last month mont h 1 bad been at the formers home alacy never seen defendant since her departure for the above places the testimony of the remal remaining alfi witnesses went to corroborate ilia evidence the only new now matter being brought to ligh lightmas the fact that miss brown had always gone by that name nam 1 ae and the evidence of a young man named slater stater who stated that at 0 one time be bad had seen the alleged decoi second i d wife with a baby in her arms on th abo e streets of Haris hartsville ville upon crossl examination be he said he wag not positive whether it washer was her or not it might have been someone else he re had heard several persons talk of her bor as the defendants wife short arguments were made by bvm tb the 6 attorneys attorn cye mr zane ranted an and roared and cave gave as hi hia I 1 opinion tha that the case w was as a most a aggravated 7 grava ted and should be punished to the full e extent x of the law the defendant b hid d in the teeth of said law married and cohabited with two women had not eliza drown brown as she is called slept over night at marti martins ns house and andean etia en on at bis his table the paying for th tha menial mental services which are alway donai by the wife each euch as scrubbing floore floors sewing cooking and I 1 care of the first grat wife cifes a children wag was all mere subterfuge as also was mhd womans comans maiden name it waa wita not necessary to prove the IL fact that they had had any sexual intercourse ter course just so long as the aurora acra satisfied that they bad had resided 0 under one roof and the man had bad in I 1 anyway acknowledged the woman im 1 1 hie his wife the young attorney attorn py wag wag very wild in hie his wrath to think that a girl should sleep at the bouse house ofa wit friend when there was a man present under the same roof mr kimball did not consi consider derit it necessary to dwell u upon on the testimony and remarked t that tat in ja case th be e I 1 in jury ry held eld the defendant for sentence z eve every r servant girl in the tile land and nea nearly arty every business bu Ainess man mail in the country was liable for arrest on a charge of unlawful cohabitation h he 0 m moved 0 ved that the court charge the jury t to render a verdict of not guilty judge miner said he thought some evidence bad had been introduced that I 1 needed consideration and so charged the jury the latter body retired and tho the court took a recess of 0 twenty minutes upon reconvening the foreman reported that the jury had been unable to 0 agree and they were accor accordingly dingi discharged the case will bo be bohea reheard Z today to day Theca the case of the united states State avs vs george A peart unlawful cohabit cohabitation and polygamy was continued for for tho the term on account of the absence 0 ot 1 I 1 the main witness tho the alleged plural plura I 1 wife luke sherwood whose case was argued last monday and who is charged with adultery was wu brought L before the court for sentence judge miner sentenced him to i months im imprisonment mei it in the penitentiary toretia tent iary ry an and Trison to pay the costs of the we I 1 pr ae call I 1 this eson caw fa 1 a peculiar one the dej de fondant having heen been married oord time ago a and his wife left him and I 1 wont went east without first getting a 1 divorce thinking this wag was 9 4 1 legal separation mr sherwood bad had married again and been arrested I 1 with the aforementioned result P in the case of mary mcgrath vs C david tallant an order was made granting five days further at 0 of fi I 1 execution on motion of the deafen defending I 1 n 11 J r |