The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1886-11-30

THE DAY IN COURT.
Dickson Left on the Evidence
Against F. A. Brown.

At the opening OF the First District
Court, yesterday morning, the court
room was packed with an expectant
audience. The defendants, Mrs. Parry
Messrr. Stoddard, Bronson, Chandler and
F. A. Brown, were present. The pass
ing of sentence on Mrs. Parry and Mr.
Stoddard, and the trial of +. A. Brown,
were the principal items of interest for
the days session.
After the reading of the journal. Mr.
KimbaIl asked for further time in the
matter of the passing of sentence upon
Mrs. Parry, and the case went over
until this afternoon. The sentence OF
| G w. Bronson was deferred until afters
noon.
George Chandler was ordered to plead
this morning to a charge of unlawful
cohabitation.
Mr.. John Stoddard was then asked 10
| come forward to receive sentence on the
charge of unlawful consolidation 10
which he had plead guilty on Friday
last.
The Court gave Mr.. Stoddard an OPP
portunity to make statement before
having sentence passed.
Mr.. Stoddard maize q statement to
the effect that he had gone into the re-
lations of plural marriage a number of
years ago and had never been aware
that a law existed against it at the
time of his entering that relation.
He explained his position to be
that rather than have the govern
ment imprison him for living
" tn and supporting his wives, he would
be imprisoned should he become so de-
PRAYED as to cast them away. The law
came between defendant and his family
relations and he could not violate these
relations.
The court then informed Mr.. Stod-
dard that the law had always existed
against polygamy and that he under
stood that Ar. Stoddard had not only
held the illegal relations himself, but
had taught Others TO do so. He thought
when a man refused TO sever his unlaw-
full relations when convicted OF an Of
Tense, the full penalty OF the law should
be inflicted. He would therefore SEN
teuce him 10 Imprisonment in the Peni-
Tertiary for the period of six moatbs
and TO pay a fine of $500 and the costs
of prosecution.
! Mr.. StoddGrd was remanded TO the
custody of the marshal, and was re-
ferred to thst official when he asked to
give security tor his appearance on the
train in the evening.
THE case of f. A. Brown was then
called and ]. h. Fowler. Jno- Germer,
+. Fly. Thos. Grant, Jesse Nanderhoot,
James Goodwin, Dan. Woodland, o. H.
Dudley, Jno. Allen, a. ]. Stone and
Temple Short were called and took
their places in the jury box. The jurors
were subjected 70 a searching examina-
ton. and the defense excused Mr..
Grant, MesSrs. Dudley and Woodland
going down on Mr.. Dickson's peremU-
tory challenge. {. 4. Eklund, G. Jay
and NJ. Fletcher were called, and the
panel was filed.
Before proceeding to the examination
of the witnesses. the defense asked Tor
an order excluding the witnesses from
the courtroom. The order was granted
! and the witnesses called.
Mrs. S. II. GIEsY was the first witness
called. but as she was not present re-
cess OF fifteen minutes was taken.
Shortly after II, noon, the witness ap-
peared, was sworn, and took the stand.
She testified that she had seen the de
PENDANT once; live on Orchard Street
know a lady supposed 10 be Martha
Brown: she lives on the same street
saw a gentleman at her house on The
9TH of May whom 1 supposed was
Mr.. Brown: could not say whether the
! defendant is the same gentleman OF
not: could not identify him. To Mr..
Rawlins she said she went there TO en-
gage milk, snd saw gentleman sitting
: at the table. Here Augustus Canhal0
was brought in, and witness said he
! might have been the man she saw.
MARTHA BRowS was called: There
; had been a ceremony of marriage per
formed between her and the defendant
Mr.. Brown has never been in my house
since the LIST of May last; met him once
at the house of Harriet G. Brown; tha
was on the occasion Of a re
= ception rendered to Mr.. Brown
son; Mr.. Brown was there; l nevel
STAYED al that house all night. Further
the witness said that she had met Mr.
Brown at the residence of her daughter
Matte Cannon, but that she had neve
: STAYED there over night.
The principal witness for the defense
! Mrs. Giesv, very materially disappoin
e ted Mr.. Dickson, and seeing that he ha'
no evidence whatever upon which &
build a case. the prosecutor asked tbs
court to instruct the jury to render
verdict OF not guilty. This was don
without the Jury leaving the box, ant
the defendant was discharged. Cour
S then adjourned until O'Clock pm.
= AT2P.M
the session of the court was resumed.
THOMAS B. HELM was arranged on a
indictment, charging him in thre
= counts, with cohabiting with his wive:
A copy Of the bill was ordered and ID
statutory time was taken in which
= pie ad.
4 Mr.. GIMBALL moved for a new iris
7 in the case against G. w. Bronson. Tn
n motion was overruled as was also 4 me
II | ton Tor arrest of judgment.
II Mr. Bronson was then asked TO STAN
4 up and was asked if he had anythin
q 10 say why sentence should not b
y passed. He replied that he was con
y victed on periured testimony; Mr.. Dea
y periured himself as did also Mr.. Slater
& The Court listened until the prisone
8 finished and then dryly asked If tha
81 was alp
\ The prisoner again started out to sa
!. something and after he had conclude
D the Court began asking him question
about his previous ayocation, and IN