Show I T I t A SOUTHERN UTAH JUROR Th cjA1fldgItty1aVOrS HI irlorc Court Thau1IejDoeStJiC b tIn t-In the Fotheringham case of illegal cohabitation now being tried at Beaver in impaneling the jury Robert F Gould was isked l Do you believe it right for a man to have more than one living and undivorced wife at t he same time t rr Jq AIc1o 3 r m1 o Prosecution challenged on that ground but the juror said I would like to explain ex-plain my position The Court gave permission per-mission He then said cI believe that Jt has been right for a man practice plural marriage butvasftnere has been a law l passed prohibiting unlawful cohabitation cohabita-tion I also feel it a duty I owe to my country that vindicate that law and asa as-a juror I would convict if the evidence were sufficient The Court then said Mr Gould do you think that your connection with the I Church and your belief in the principles would prevent x i rom a truevrerciictrf i xIt wouu not j Is I C The Oourt uqyou member of the Mormon Church AI am The CourtDo you think that that revelation is a Divine revelation from j God A 1 Uo > but I feel ieyut A as 3 E said before to sustain the laws of my country and were I acting as a juror IwO I-wO d convict i the evidence ere sufficient suffic-ient without a prejudice i The Court You might think yourself not prejudiced and at the same time be so Mr GouldI think not I am favored by Almighty in this respect The Court You must be favored more than i am J < fa this case the dpfense arguedithatthei case was the same as a1 nan believing that it was right to sell liquor before tho revenue law was passvdjiu wbenja J was maCe agains t ib ine iaw should be sustained Mr Goulds position was a tenable one Othef arguments were adduced ad-duced to t1eamimeffect i t GnU The Court replied that if the case was not what it was the attorneys arguments might have sjoinerforee but he considered plural marriage crime against 1 good persons and against the laws of God as Avell as man and affecting tall civilized ciety Thejuror of course ex dsed 1 |