The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1886-10-21
ENFORCING THE LAW.

ns+bp law against pOi4 Saii5' anu sihCe
o. ... Zine tie Territorial officers OF
Il.aI.sraI appointment, charged with
tel5ii-tr have been and continue vigil
i Il1 and diligent in their efforts 10 that
end. n.-.-,o+ and S1,nrene Con,ts
bse7 opened and promptly dis
nav nav IF business before them. While
PVsSrr 6ss been shown in the proSecu
ll5of offenders, it has been, and con-
. .ions Is 10 be, the custom of the Court
ttfiL.Conriction, to suspend the judgment
ga u sII0w the convicted party to go
TO mon his simple promise tn3t he
Iii in future obey the laws.
M the uBmber convicted up TO June
~ ,SSG. but seven had given that
Droyaise ard accepted :heir freedom.
VISIT TO THE PENITEETIARY.
Sovsp DAYS after assuming offi:e in
-, Territory, on the 18Th day of May,
o e. consulting with Chief Justice
Zone and District Attorney Dickson,
nov approving and cOncurring, l Wis
;tadthp Utah Penitentiary, where about
8ftv of those convicted under the law
we're Imprisoned; and proposed to all
7s5o would promise to obey the laws in
the fntgre, our united efforts to secure
frgm tine President their pardon.
Not one of them aValed himself of
this tender, but sent me a respectfully
Worded communication, signed by all,
declining to do so,
CONVICTIONS IN TIE COURTS.
The following showing is made of
the convictions obtained IN the courts
IN n0lygaply and unlawful CONSULTATION
rsSes, from July 1st, 1884, TO June .30th,
ia. Vine convictions were had, three
ior D0lygamy and six f6E unlawful Co
bsbftati0n; eight Of whom resided in
SCI. Lake city ard e;Es;s in Beaver
County.
From. July 1st, 1885, to 7June89th,
1886, there were q convicted, three for
polygamy and 81 for unlawful cohabit-
alton; making all told but 80 rconyie-
tons. 0fthe 81 convicted the past
gear 81 resided in Salt Lake, II IN
Weber, eight in Beaver Eve in TOoele,
three in Box Blder, one in Utah, and
ore in Sewer County. Thus the con-
vCtiOns have all been had in eight of
the q counties of the Territory.
OF the lG counties in which no con-
ViCtiOns have been made, the Mormon
population is largely in the ascendant,
AUD is known that the population in
those counties believe and practice
pOlygamy as well as their brothers in
the other counties.
PENDING PROCEEDINGS.
In the Second District Court which
sits at Beaver, Beaver. County, there
dI1 nov PCGdIng IA indictments for
p0lyg2Hy and unlawful cohabitatiCn.
three of those charged, residing in
Beaver County, five in Garfield, four in
Plute, one Ia Kane, and one ia Iron
County. l have no information as to
the number who have been arrested.
In the First District Court held at
OgOen, there were 30 indictments found
against those charged with a like Of
tense, 81 of whom reside in Weber, Is
ID Cache, in Davis and 10 Box Elder
counties, Twenty Of those residing in
Weber county have been arrested, and
Of the Is residing IN Cache county none
have been arrested.
In the First District Court held at
Provo : indictments are pending, all
against citizens of Utah county. | have
DOilnformation as to the number OF ar
rests.
In the Third District Court held at
Salt Lake City, there were 12S indiet-
mentS pending 115 against citizens re-
sizing IN Salt Lake City, from Tooele
aQo from Davis county. The clerk
OF the court says as to these iudict-
mentS; IN large number of these
cases the defendants are at large, it
tbem.n
THE TEMPLE COUNTIES.
In three Of the counties where no
CONVICTIONS have been had, the Nor
mOas have temples located, where
lelr secret rites of celestial or plural
4sErlagestaTe celebrated; namely, at
Logan, Cache County, which lies north
u oalt Lake City; at Manti, Sanpete
CO9nty, which lies Soath of Salt Lake,
anu almost in the center of the Terri
SSEFy, and at st. George, in Washington
Sounty, the extreme south western cor
uer OF the Territory.
NEW PLACES FOR COURTS.
heretofore terms of the District
GSGurtS have been held at Salt Lake
Ivy AZ Ogden, Provo and Beaver. As
&c condition Of business in the First
Snu second Districts will allow it, it
my NY purpose, under the authority
t0s.eu In me by the law, to tx
terms of the First District Court,
~ oe held at Logan and Manti,
3 S4U C Of the Second District Court at
~ ~, SGeorge, believing that the presence
,H Ie courts and its officers, will have
So nD.aolesome effect in preventing the
m TeI.L:actlon and celebrating of plural
iIo511y1ia3ggeS, land that the authority of the
sa ml Il not acknowledged, may be
f6 51aIly lett in every part of the Terri
mo-, ana mat the place of residence
fo-!! !u0U, as 1t seems to have hereto
NM NM Luone, furnish immunity from
0N'Snlnent to law viOlatorS.
THE MARsHAL's OFFICE.
ee ~ secure a more satisfactory and
WON'T administration of the laws,
NsrrsSSS recommend that all fees of the
T erritSaI and his deputies as to this
int I,! 10 be required to be covered
paid sue treasury. The Marshal TO be
s0nra, salary Of not less than s., 600 per
denTt-' ana that be be allowed one
ISSS1'! at = 300 per annum, and one az
be per annUm; that he
emploSr utnorlzed TO appoint and
Of De-. such other number
sut66prGizziaeSs as may be approved and
the GS olzae.a by a board, to consist OF
prem 0ooISelnor, the Justices of the Su-
New. = court and the District Attor-
Cav r ~ De paid at the rate of 81 per
duty 1 n actually in the service AND on
SIS tue actual aNDar.,o- -