The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1886-01-10

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oo These women lived upon thei
separate property and there is n
SSVluence mat during that time he Intro
uuceo or announced or held them on
ds nis wives, or associated with but on
- tneh as husband associates wit
AND yet you are asked by the prose
cauon 20 md him guilty. Can Won n
al anu preserve your self respect I?
o9lu such a. verdict have an,
tenuehcy 70 make the law respected. o
mou!u II orlng disgrace upon the ad
m1nlstration OF justice
on may convict him because he is
mormon; because you are preiudiceC
against MIN or his religion, but yor
cannot convict him upon evidence. fpl
verdict. L 9
But the attorney for the government
ieeIng the weakness of his cause fall,
oacK IN desperation upon the fact tina
az 1he time OF Mr.. Shows arrest by the
iMarsnal, he had attempted to conceal
hinseit from the CfficeIs in a closet OF
ceIar IN the brick house where he re
sues, ana II IS urged that this is equiya
iehI 10 confession of guilt. and in de.
IanIt OF anything else you are expected
70 eoh7ict MN on this. A word as to
that: gentlemen of the Jury. YOU have
oeen selected to sit in Judgment ipon
the defendant, and the manner OF YOUR
seiectlon IS peculiar. The law under
VIM IN youare EN- panneled excludes from
tns Jlly Dox, every man who believes as
ne does, and the prosecution will ex-
cluue oy peremptory challenge every
man VINO is a member of his religious
sect; although he might say that he re-
gards the laws of his country rs OF
niSher OIL CATION than any religious
dogma and that ne would try the case
lmpartlal!y and decide 1t in accordance
WIN the law and the evidence. Practi-
caiiy every Mormon is banished from
the Jury box In this poor unfortunate
iand OF Utah, which God has made so
oeaulful and man has made so
miserable, where party passion act
ing IN combination with religious
yea! mas so embittered the
preJud!ces and intlamed the animosI-
nes OF men that reason is well nigh
oanlshed from her throne, you have
oeen summoned TO this jury box from
the RANKS or those who are believed to
be arrayed in dea lily hostility to the sect
OF winch the defendant is a member.
Naturally, gentlemen, inevitably a Jury
so selected is regarded with deep dis
trust oy the great body of his CO.
reHgionsts, and II has gone abroad that
before such a jury there is no hope for
Inc accused that accusation is equiYal-
ent to conviction.
Doyou wonder, gentlemen, that under
such circumstances, believing that he
could Eot obtain fair and impartial
trial IN the courts, this defendant con-
GUIDED 10 AVOID arrest if he could. and
SO concealed himself in the place where
he was found by the officer? Can that
tact be treated as confession Of guilt?
Bat, gen l2men, do not forget that
when you took your seats in that iury
ooX you SAID that you had no bias, no
prejudice against the defendant, either
or on account of his religion,
or LOT any cause whatever, and with up
iIted hano you called God to witness
mat you would try him fairly and i'm
partially, and true verdict render ac-
eordIng to the law and the evidence.
Do you remember those solemn
pledges? l remember them, and I for
49, " A--AAA W OCAAChC LAdL you VIII
Keep those pledges. I do believe it
rom the bottom Of my heart. believe
Gou have the courage and the manhood
% do it. believe that as honorable
men you will regard the manner OF
FOUR selection as placing you under the
llghest and most solemn obligations to
DANISH from your minds all prejudice.
III passion, all party or religious rancor. /
o weigh and consider this evidence I'M I
partially, to give him the benefit of /
very doubt, to Judge him in mercy and /
With Christian forbearInce, remember
ng the circumstances in which he was
laced, the difficulties and perplexities
nth which he struggled, and that you
ill so acquit yourselves in the delicate
osition in which you stand that your
erdict in this important case shall
ommand tine approval OF your own
onsciences and the appreciation Of
very lover OF justice.