Salt Lake evening Democrat. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1885-1887, 1885-10-07
POLICEMAN SMITH "GETs THERE
He wouldn't Plead Guilty, but Acc
knowIedgcs the Corn-William
Newsom Going Through
the mill for II. and u. G..

kins, Midgley, Lyme, Sleeves, Armstrong
and Scoville were called. Mr.. Varian
ovor,;rod .horo and oxcusod all brt
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Lyme, oKewes, Armstrong ana ocoViiiei
who were passed and sworn. The clerk
then called Labrum, FITZGERALD. McEwan,
po1ohoo,, 1ohrson Ado,,,b A,dorsor
r''Ueo"'N' 'o"r'' H'V,i'' 1.",'e'''"
sneilgroVe ana fouiton' on peing sworn
all save Mr.. Anderson believed in the
practice of unlawful cohabitation and
,voro co,so,ro,,lv oxorsod Mr. Ander.
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son was sworn IN as tne Nun Juror ana
II. S. Wells, Francis Platt and John N.
Pike were called. sworn. and after giving
their belief i'm the practice of unlawful CO.
habitation, they were let down and out.
The regular panel being exhausted, an
open venirc was issued, returnable at IL
o'clock, when Messrs. Forman, G.
II. Barratt, w. L. Pickard, Arthur Pratt,
Samuel Paul, T. A. Jenney and James
p. Keate were called to the box, and
after passing the regulation test of Mr..
Varian they were sworn as Jurors, except
ing Mr.. Forman, who was challenged
and excused on the part of the defense.
Mr.. Isaac Woolf was then called, and
possessing the requisites, was constituted
the twelfth Juror.
The Indictment was read charging An
drew Smith with unlawful cohabitaton
with Jane Smith, and Annie Garland dur
ing the period OF two years last past.
Mr. on,'Iil waved Ills privilege anu
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~ W eie piesInI year as my wives, unuer
'''4 ..ohno" M nv anu rePuVe as such'
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rd az oa S was ,ieLe resseu ny pot', sizes
a aaa ny SourI uu',reSseu .he Jury 10 .le
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uehcI .,,aV .lie uelenua'lt haa liVeu WIN
u, ,o anu.H,il'',eu Moliie,i as MS wives II,
oi' n,,ui ',use iGia.ioh u9ri.s ,he PeIiou
- my s,i9 5a lilu nm, guilty., 2u'
=, u iiol, they siiouiu 80 report III the Verulct.
conrs n, that tLe dafend,nt hoe I;vod
continuously with these women as his
wives when the fact covers an embraced
period of time.
The jury rendered verdict of guilty
without leaving the box, and were then
excused.
Mr. Smith was granted until the 18th of
October before receiving sentence.
WILLIAM NrwsoM,s CASE
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tnn orr rUr'a ,,nn; w9Fe excused "h'll
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.Iohnson and n r. h PoSas orsoll
called sworn and raf,s;ns, w o,'sto, VIZ" t
laws ~ tho irr ;t S tutaas ~ sustain oa slig
nntil The mornino With th %e'o oxn MSu;eu
# Mr. Scovillo and Sndorsom ,ybn 81, pwod
then,.eIvos non,natant " sn,.,, WY ' LIVE;
Nc Ewon ovhamstad t, w I Wv 90 uio,s
,lar name, and hoi;o,,; ,U VA ~ ~ tr,o ,os
,wcrsod '''' wing III w. was
OPEN VENiRE.
MIR. James Anderson, G. p. Mason, j.
Z. Keate, Louis Cohn, S. G. Ewing,
Paul, w. N. Cole, Chris. Diehl
Mr.. Coin having served on the Grand
Jury was excused.
Mr.. Varian asked the remainder the
ocular statutory questions, to which they
in the affirmative, and were
passed by the prosecution.
Mr.. Kirkpatrick propounded the usual
and found them all I'M
except Mr.. Cole and Mr..
heate, who were excused, and the others
worn rs jurors in the case against VIM.
Newsom, charged with polygamy and I'M
awful cohabitation.
Charles Wilkes and j. w. Farrell were
,alled to fill the jury, and being qualified
o act as impartial jurors were sworn as
such, which completed the twelve.
The indictment was read, charging w.
D. Newsom with marrying Catherine
Morrison at Cape Town, Africa, in 1865,
md then marrying Lucy Deveraux in
Salt Lake City.
Catherine Morrison Deveraux was
,alled to the witness stand and said she
was married to defendant; thought she
vas the first legal wife been married for
years. The prosecution Of
cred her as witness for the defense
which was not consented to by Newsom.
The witness was excused from the room.
Mrs. Mary Swain testified to the above
lame rs being correct resided here for
wenty years met Mrs. Catherine New
iom in crossing the plains; knew defend
ant by sight; have visited Newsom's
amily; found Mrs. Newsom living with
my husband first introduced
ne to them; heard defendant call her
Kate or Catherine; have not been
here so much on account OF
rouble between my husband and the
defendant; seen defendant there, don't
snow as there is any head to the family;