Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1890-10-13
JUDGE ZANE AND rnE
MANIFESTO.
ne Considers II ia Passing
Sentence.

III
This forenoon jaime. :. o..
haysviile, was srralrnsd -. :
r Judge Zane on a charge Of unIa =
r lui oohabitatiOn, to which ha ~,
, p'evious's pleaded guilty. This !,
,ne nFst case under the Edn.r,nd,
! law In which Judge zane l,ss nra
n'uneed sentence, since thaT NJ :,
festO relating 70 piursim.rri.v. .' y !,
, b sued Us PRESIDENT Woodruff an
ratified by The Church in ,reper"I
! conference assembled, and a yeri'.'
TIN report Of the proceeding /. h,.1.
appended: . "'''
The Court: AIr. elarL ,,,.-,,,.
FORMER day Of this term .spIc.. 4 iii, III :, !.
70 the crime OF unlaW'tisI cahs t,,.!
non, you are ewafe Of that + snr-
Mr.. Clark: Yes, sir.
I Lne court Have you anything
,oi'eL 20 say now why the sem
eNSe SHOULD not be pronounce,iq
ar. Moyle: would like 10 ,-,u
attention, In behalf Of Mr.. Clark r.
dfe iact that he was married 10 tb,.se
women, before lS62, and that for
nunocr Of years, The says am,
hlteen-hc has lived with amt o.
wife, she being, however ths
second; aud that accounts for III
pleading guilty. MS
The Court: How many wiv.s
have you? "'es
Mr.. Clark: One nov. a., o,h,..
one was divorced rev weeks ago.
q You Lad two previous 10 fhats
a Is, sir; lived with one wife.
Mr.. Aloyle: The first wife si,e5
MN Tor divorce in this court moi
long since, and received her di:
vOrce.
granted? ''e
Mr.. Moyle: MIR. Brown was her
attorney; ! should say within a
month or two niOrths-no. verv
long sinces / forget when.
Inc C9urt . resP0nielil: Have
you anything further TO say?
Mr. Clark. Yes, sir. would ask
the ieniency Of the court on nv be-
hait seeing | am going into years
q. How old are youe
A \ little over sixty years Of are.
and am very badly afflicted AMI
nave been during the last two or |
three years-very badly afflicted.
q. What i your malady or |
trouble?
a. My malady is the piles. when
! go TO do anything / suffer intense
", atti am baily afflicted;
have2t been able, not rs an
abiebodicd man, 10 lator FOR INV
family as | used TO years agn. not
Tor the last three or four wears: what
little land | have had have rented
on shares 10 my boys.
Y. How much have yoa-how
many acres?
left now:
q Yes, sir.
=. | have got about Is acres OF
plowed lad left. aud my Land Is
principaly-itis an old bench farm
in lUccrn.
q. Whereabouts Is ii situAtede
a. In kaysville, sir.
g. What is IL worth:
A. l don't know: they have
assessed it all together, as a general
thlng-the bench land-at about
seven dollars per acre, ami the other
AZ about twenty-nveO or thirty dollars
an acre, but this year the assessment
na- been double.
Q. Abou; fourteenor fifteen?
A.-Nes. sir.
o-Have yOu any other property
u money?
A--No, sir; 1 have no money
lnly what ! labor for, what grain I !
eli; | now have no team: ! have a
couple Of ponies left.
Q.-How many chiijren have
\ -Depsndins uron me nov?
@ Yes, sir.
A. Four.
q lynen did you marry your
ast wife:
a. married my last wife after !
be divorce was grantei by this :
'ouTt.
q. Yes, bat I mean the l.oly;.m !
rs marriage:
a. Ia 1850; that was my las :
the fall Of 1859.
q What do you propose To 10 I
lereafters :
I =. propose % live 10y the In -
the Cuited States.
- krHf rr-nH.#aa.. q. - 81. l.. I :
hen, prohibiting polyeamy ami I'M :
Rwiui cshahita-i1u. without any IL a
3 qualifications abaut u? /.
4. lt,s, s-r. :
q. ID yJl understand that tne
lauiitsj0 Of Tie PrsdGeuf % the !
'hurrh of Jesus Christ Of Latter >
ay Saints, and the resolution aIout- !
1 on the 5th ~ this mouth, cu.n ,
lits the Church against palygamy? :
4. Yes, cir; / uuderstaud that. I.
q. ID you uu1ers.su al. now ihIl , =
would he violation ofthe creei a
T that ChuEth If Amy - is nlsm :.
ers weF- 80 enter into polygamy OF Ii
ractiee unlawful ccrhsbiiEtion? n
A. Yes. sir. n
q. Ana y1r viii hereafter obey 4
lis law prohibiting poiygsmy and
Capitalization: 4,
a. Yes. sir. -Ir.. ~
Tne Court: Well, ia view Of this d
am not disposed 10 fix your pun n
hm-ut at anything more than III
ne: and the fire may be IN any
im not exceeding 500. In visS
your condition and the circum-
ances, / viii fix your fine at SIG0
nj the costs OF the prosecution.
~ Won will stand committed until