| Show I j COURT AGAIN CONVENES V j A Grand Jury Impaneled for the Sep flmlJer Term Which Promises to I he n Notable One i I Judge Zane Charges the Grand Jurors i V and Calls Attention to Last I Nights Outrage I I i I Mormons Sworn In Who Claim They I Dont Go ft Cent on the Revelation I Revela-tion t Business I I S The Third District Court convened at j 10 oclock this morning after along sum S mer recess Judge Zaue Attorney Dick V son and every one connected with the dispensation of justice displayed renewed vigor from their beneficial recreations during the past few weeks Business started of briskly with the impaneling of a grand jury The following fifteen I sworn men were obtained from those called and examined by the prosecution rUE inANT > JURY Morris H Evans foreman Thomas Davis William A Pitts John C Lambert S Lam-bert l II Clayton Joe G Davis Samuel Sam-uel Levy Arnold Wall Jacob 3Ioritz James Yo Thompson George Harrison W F Raybould Samuel Green unarios Denhaltcr James Stevens Mr Evans took the oath of foreman after which the Grand Jury were sworn and instructed as to their duties by the Court as follows You have been qualified as jurors according r ac-cording to law for the present term Be careful not to be imposed upon by witnesses wit-nesses disposed adversely to the real truth and inclined not to toll all the information in-formation they may have respecting the charge under consideration Your investigation i I inves-tigation does not bind you to hear evi I deuce for the defendant but it would be proper for you to hear any explanation to be given in the case If the evidence given warrants a trial by jury of the party you should act accordingly If you have reasons to believe that an arraigned party has violated the criminal law you should investigate the matter carefully Your duties require you to inquire into the conditions of prisons I pris-ons and jails It is also your duty to keep secret all transactions of the jury room and not make known any indictments indict-ments or other matters of duty If you desire any further instructions at any time you may apply to the District Attorney At-torney Your oaths demand of you impartial im-partial action Your whole duty is to ascertain tho truth and no fear or timidity timid-ity must actuate you in your decisions and if any man fears that injury to his business will follow him let him make it known now There are some crimes that especial attention at-tention should be given to The disturbing disturb-ing of persons and private property in the night time The fact that a man says ho cant remember when lie does remember re-member must he considered carefully The two other crimes of polygamy and unlawful cohabitation require the strictest strict-est attention A man has tho undisturbed undis-turbed right to belief hut when in on overt act he breaks the laws of his country coun-try it becomes a punishable crime In the discharge of your duty nothing can harm vou in I Itia iini 1l or thA Inlli1 fi and no fear need be felt v LV vum i BailifTfHurd was sworn and the Grand I Jurors were conducted from the room to begin work on a larger docket than usual HOT QUESTIONS FOR JIOHMOX GRAND JtROKf Jlr Diokspns examination of jurors i was more rigid than over before and he thoroughly sounded the keynote of each mans belief and prrctice in polygamy as well aR his devotion to the laws of this country The questions asked a juror were generally about as follows Where do you livo Are you a citizen of the United States Native born or naturalized Where naturalized in whose court and how long ago I Are you a taxpayer Do you read and write the English language I Ever been convicted of felony Are yon a member of the Church of Jesus Christ loi LatterDay Saints Do you believe I its revelations The one snnnfionin l polygamy as from divine c Ilolygamy origin Do you I practice polygamy Ii encourage denounce i I it publicly or do you believe the Mormon I churclUs imposing a false pernicious and spurious doctrine on the people If chosen a juror would you be as willing and ready to aid in indicting a man found guilty of polygamy as you would one charg1 cd with any other crime against the laws 1 of this country Would you furnish in formation to your fellow jurors for the I punishment of any violator of the Ed munds law Would you keep inviolato all the secrets of the Grand Jury room Do you hold or have you ever occupied any ollice in tho church and what were I I some of tho duties of that oflice i The many questions meted out to a juror according to the demands were very exhaustive and were passed by the I fifteen men comprising the present jury and there seems no doubt but that good I I and fair decisions will be rendered bv I them upon their individual oaths A MORMON WHO T1HXKS ItCVCIATlON A HLMWUO S Among the fifteen jurors 31 r Clayton Raid IIP nntlirolr was r ailI 1 showed that he possessed all the qualifi I I cations of a juryman although he had been a Mormon from his infancy He is ono of the Seventies but said he did not believe tho Church ever received a revelation and he considered all such claims spurioue Ho knocked Some of I 1 the brethren clear off their feet when he f said he would volunteer his aid in convict i lug all violators of tho Edmunds act the higher in tho Church the better for thc I j can stand it j Mr Lambert said he was in fellowship I S with the 3Iormc church but would ish men for pm ng polygamy as soon pun I I I as for am other any crime forbidden bv n the I laws vf thA lnn1 I V Gilbert of South t Cottonwood was t i naturalized citizen of this Republic He j t joined the church had been an elder I and although not much of a saint he had I not beoh cut oft from fellowship and an I presumed he was considered a member noV He would punish I polygamy and I was accepted i Samuel Green Another of the Sev enties j J expressed his disbelief in the j j Mormon revelations and said he would i treat the crime of polygamy as he would any other offense Said his duty of the as ono > Nvcntiea gospel was to Pnwh the The other jurors wore searched in the same manner until the convinced of prosecution was of each honest purposes on the 1 pmt 1 man Mormon or Gentile |
