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Show ON TRIAL FOR U. C. S. II. Bi Smith in the Tolls for Iflar ryinjr Too Muchly. . The case of S. H. B. Smith, indicted for unlawful cohabitation, was resumed this morning. At the afternoon session yesterday the court obtained eight out of the necessary,twelve jurors, and issued a special venue for thirty-two new names, returnable this morning. This action was taken at the suggestion of Mr. Dickson, Dick-son, who thought that as there would be a number of cases of this character before be-fore the courts the present term, enough jurors should be provided to run through the term and avoid sending out a venue for each case. A dozen or more of the persons thus summoned were examined this morning, most of whom expressed their belief in polygamy and unlawful cohabitation, and were therefore excused. Messrs. F. H. Bemis, Geo. M. Scott, J. J. Greenwald and Bolivar Roberts were accepted, and they, together with the eight obtained yesterday, constitute the jury complete, as follows: George Turnbull, Gideon Turnbull, George Tait, Wm. M. Ferry, Jerome Bougard, N. A. Scribner, Fred K. Groves, James Owen, F. H. Bemis, Geo. M. Scott, J. J. Greenwald, Green-wald, Bolivar Roberts. The jurors took their places and the case was proceeded with. Samuel Smith, son of the defendant, was the first witness called. He was born in the Tenth ward, and had always lived there. He was acquainted with Miss Winters (the alleged plural wife). Had never heard his father call her his wife. She had lived with the family for about two years, but at the passage of tne Edmunds bill had moved to Smith's farm in the Second ward. Had seen his father there several times at work,' but had never seen him eat there. A third child was born shortly after she moved to the farm, and he had heard his father make the remark, "the child has come in time to be illegitimate." She had since moved to the Seventeenth ward, where also he had seen his father on several occasions working in the garden. Excused. - ' J. H. Snarr had been acquainted with Miss Winters all his life, but had not seen her for about eighteen months. Excused. Salina Winters, a sister of the lady in question, testified that she had known' Smith, the defendant, for about ten or twelve years, and had visited her sister at the house on the farm once or twice a year. She had seen Mr. Smith eat there. Lawyers for the defense objected to the evidence as being irrelevant, but the objection ob-jection was overruled. Her Bister had four children ; the last one, a boy, was born in 1885 ; had talked with Mr. Smith about this child and had been told by him that it was his ; did not know that she had ever heard the child called by the name of Smith, but had heard the other children thus called. Excused. Later. The remainder of the evidence was taken and arguments this afternoon, and at 3 :30 the jury retired for consultation. consulta-tion. The case is undoubtedly clearly established, and it was not thought the jury would deliberate ten minutes before returning with a verdict of guiltv. Pros ecuting Attorney Dickson submitted the prosecution to the jury in an able and powerful argument, after which the J udge delivered a very brief charge, and the jury filed out of court in charge of j Deputy Hurd. At 3 :40 the jury walked into court and announced a verdict of guilty, and the Judge appointed Saturday next for imposing im-posing the sentence. |