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Show FOUR OF A KIND. A Hard Hand to Beat, but Jude Zane Plays the Law for All There Is in It. Three Sisters Claim One-Legged Davis for a Husband, and He Stays With Them. Pitiable Scene in the Court-Room, With Sobbing Wires and Crying Babes. The Third District Court opened up at 10 o'clock with the usual large crowd of witnesses and spectators in attendance. ISAAC GROO, Indicted by the recent Grand Jury, was the first U. C. called on to plead to the charge of living in the unlawful marriage relation with Sarah Gilbert, Eliza Whitney Whit-ney and Mary Jane Whitney Groo as his wives. After listening to the reading of the indictment the defendant was asked to make his plea, and responded "Guilty." The Court asked him if he had any statement state-ment he would like o make, and Mr. Groo answered : "I have nothing I care to say." Court "Are you not willing to say that you will obey the laws of your coun-tiy coun-tiy in the future?" "I have nothing that I care to say, your Honor." The Court said that iu view of a determination deter-mination to show no willingness to conform con-form to the laws of the country a sentence sen-tence of six months in the penitentiary, with a fine of $300 and costs, would be imposed, and the defendant will be held imprisoned at the expiration of the six months until the fine and costs are paid. ALFRED BEST. Mr. Best, who pleaded guilty last Saturday Sat-urday to living unlawfully with three women as his wives during the period of time charged in the indictment, was the second to stand up and take the usual dose of three by six. Court Mr. Best, you are aware that you have been indicted and found guilty of unlawful cohabitation under the laws of the land. Do you wish to make any expression of your intentions to obey the laws in the future ? Best I will make no promises. Court You are a citizen of this Government, Gov-ernment, I understand. I wish to say to you that the position you take is a re-mai re-mai kable one. The Government protects you here, and it will do so in any place, and yet you are not willing to say that you will obey the laws and not advise others to break them. You will be punished by imprisonmetn for six months and pay a fine of $300 and costs, and when the six months have expired you will be held in custody until the fine is paid. The defendant was escorted from the room. The Court here announced that all witnesses wit-nesses in the Miner case were excused until 2 o'clock to-morrow morning. Piatt, Wells, Poulton, Pike, Snelgrove, Anderson, Johnson, Rode back, McE wan, Fitzgerald, Labrum, and Midgely were called as jurors from the regular panel and sworn. Mr. Varian propounded the test question to them collectively, as to their belief in the practice of unlawful cohabitation. co-habitation. Ten of them left the box with Adolph Anderson and John N. Pike, remaining. Mr. Pike, the silent juror, still "declined to answer" as to his belief and was excused. Mr. Anderson was sworn. The Court issued AN OPEN VENIRE And the officers took to the streets and returned in twenty minutes with a banker, merchant, mining man and others. Romney, Burbridge, Holt, Price Hardy, Armstrong, Skewes, Burbridge' Lyne, Craner, and Wilkins were called from the regular panel. Mr. Varian said : Gentlemen, those of j'ou who believe it right for a man to live with two or more women as his wives in the marriage relation and who decline to answer on any grounds may be excused. They all stole away excepting Messrs. Armstrong, Lyne and Skewes, who were sworn and passed as jurors. L. A. Sco-ville, Sco-ville, and D. N. Swan were called, which exhausted the panel. A twenty minutes' recess was taken to await the" return of the venire. All witnesses in all cases save those against Seal, Cooley, Davis and Smith were excused. DAVID E. DAVIS, OF TOOELE. Mary E. Simpson: That is mv full name ; I know Annie W. Davis ; know defendant; Annie W. Davis is defendant's defend-ant's first wife ; I am married to defendant; defend-ant; Annie was his wife when I married him: know Sarah Jano Havio. Dv, u; ' - ... out; IS JUS wife and my sister; I live at Tooele; Sarah Jane Davis and I live in the same house; Mr. Davis has lived with me and my sister Sarah as his wives under the repute of marriage during the period of time set forth in the indictment. Varian -That is sufficient.' The defense submitting the case without with-out quest-on, the Court said: Gentlemen of the Jury, the indictment is this case charges the defendant with unlawfully cohabitating with these women as his wives. The defendant plead not guilty If you decide from the weight of the evidence evi-dence that the defendant is guilty, you will say so in your verdict, and say that I we, the jurors, find the defendant guilty as charged in the indictment, if you so decide. The jury were inclined to render a verdict ver-dict immediately, without leaving the box and returned a verdict of guilty after a minute's deliberation. Mr. Kirkpatrick addressed the Court and said that Mr. Davis desired to receive re-ceive sentence at 3 o'clock this afternoon, which was agreed to. The jury was discharged, and the case of the people against CHARLES SEAL For unlawful cohabitation was called for hearing. J;.Al gt-oville, IV. C. Lyne, Burbidge, William Skewes, T. C. Armstrong O II Hardy, George F. Price, LeRoy Holt, D. swan, Craner and Orson Romney were called from the regular panel! L-ynne, Armstrong, Skewes, Swan and Scoville were the only ones passed and sworn. ANOTHER VENIRE WAS ISSUED At this juncture to save time. The names of McEwan, Johnson, Rodeback, Iitzgerald and Wilkins were called, and refusing to take the pledge to support the ??V5rme,1?t the-v were let down and out. Hatt, W ells and Snellgrove were called, examined and excused for lack of qualifications. qualifi-cations. The open venire being returned, the jury was completed with the following names: Adolph Anderson, T. C Arm strong, William Skewes. W. C. Lvne , el,S:Swan' L- Scoville, S. C. Pancake Pan-cake William McCray, John Forman, Charles Wilkes, J. S. Scott and W. T Barbee. The defendant waived his privilege and offered himself as a witness. On beta sworn he testified that he was the de-iendant de-iendant Charles Seal; knew Eliza Ohd Maria Seal ; they were his wives ; he had lived with them as such during the period existing between the dates existing exist-ing in the indictment. The prosecution rested, and the case was submitted at once to the Court, who charged the jury as to rendering a verdict ver-dict of guilty or not guilty as they should decide from the evidence. The jury returned a verdict of guilty, without leaving the box, and were discharged dis-charged from the case. Mr. Seal, having the count of polygamy in the indictment dismissed, was allowed until 3 o'clock before sentence. At 2 o'clock this afternoon ex-Bishop Andrew W. Cooley was arraigned for U. C, and pleaded guilty. Time was waived, and defendant having nothing to promise toward good stewardship in the future, Judge Zane pronounced sentence to the full extent. The ex-Bishop took his medicine of 3 to 6 and costs and went to the Pen. All the witnesses in the case of the United States against Samuel H. B. Smith were excused from further attendance attend-ance at term of Court, as the case was continued until the February term on account of certain witnesses not being present. There being no further cases to dispose of to-day the Court took a recess until 3 o'clock, when Davis and Seal stepped up for sentence. David E. Davis, the one-legged Tooele-an, Tooele-an, indicted for living with three sisters as his wives, was addressed as follows by Judge Zane : "Mr. Davis, you are aware that you are indicted for unlawful cohabitation?" A. Yes, sir. "Have you anything to say of you future fu-ture obedience to the law?" "No, sir; I have nothing at all to say." "You are sentenced to six months imprisonment im-prisonment and to pay a fine of $300 and costs, and stand committed until it is paid." With impertinence Davis said: "All right, sir; is that all?" A deputy told him to sit down, and throwing his wooden leg around, he took a seat. Charles Seal, being too much "sealed" under the existing laws, said he had no assurances to give of obedience to the laws of the Government in the future, and was sentenced to the usual three and six and costs. Court then adjourned until to-morrow morning at 10 o'clock. The half-dozen plural wives and innumerable innum-erable children formed a cryiny spectacle to be remembered. |