Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1890-09-20
FIRST DISTRICT COURT.
Proceedings in the Court a, Provo
Yesterday.

charge Of unlawful cohabitation.
e Mahond Bishop was sentences N
six months imprisonment and to
! pay costs Of court on a charge OF un.
lawful cohsbitation.
Martin Olson plead not guilty to a
charge Of unlawful cohabitation.
Anirew Anderson plead guilty to
a charge Of unlawful cohabltation.
Sentence was set for October !, 1880.
James w. Stewart plead guilty to
4 charge Of unlawful cohabiiation
and was sentenced to six months
imprisonment and to ray costs Of
court.
Neils II. Bu.rison plead guilty to
charge OF unlawful cOhabitation.
Sentence was set for 2 O'Clock.
Neils II. BufrisOn plead not guilty
10 a charge Of adultery.
James Guymau plead not guilty
OF unlawful cobahitatiOp.
Aaron Haidy plead guilty 10 I'M
ilwful cohabitation. Sentence set for
Oct 1.
Johu.A. Powell plead guilty to
charge OF Adultery. Sentence was
set for Oct. 4, 1899.
The case OF the United States IS.
w. Southwick, unlawful c0habita-
ton, was called and jury empan-
eled.
]. NJ. Zane prosecuted the case
ami Thurman & King appeared for
the defense.
Martha Jane Southwlek testified
Il live At Iiehii haee lived there
since vas seven years old, my |
husbands name Is VIM Sou.hwick; |
ne was living At Jielii City at my |
hose during the years 1855, 1856,
and iSS7: am his lawful wife.
Levina Southwick Il live at |
Lehi; am marriei % Wm. South
wick; am his wife; have lived n;
Lehi In ISIS, 'S5 and 81. in my
own house. the house was given 10
me by Mr.. Souihwick some three or
four years ago; have four children.
my husband ceased living with me
eight teals ago this fall, the house
was very small: lac has never re-
pudiaied me n his wife; he comes
as a caller on the boys sometimes;
he came occasionally during the
year 1855 aud 1857; his own boys
came 10 my house a great deal and
he comes there 90 call on them; he
has eaten at my house once during
the last eight years; 1t was on
Thanksgiving Day, four year, ago;
his wife aud children were there; l
have eaten ut his wife's house several
times; / called upon them OCCASION
ally during the years lSSS, 1856 and
1857; he has partly supported me
ami my family; my house Is half n
block from the first wiieis house;
there i a fence between the two
houses which has been there ever
since / can remember,
To Mr.. Thurman--It Is eigh. years
since | lived with my husband; we
had n mutual agreement 10 live
apart: the question Of the law had
nothing 10 do with our separation;
We agreed to live apart; my young
ct child is nine years oil; since the
year lSS2 my husband has not slept
NJ my house; he does not recognize
me as one Of his wive-; he speaks o.
me- occasionally as 10 other neigh
bors.
Redirect: Il Is long ago since
he took me % meeting; he has not
taken me 10 partie. for fifteen or
sixteen years; he has not done any
work around my house since 1854.
Rebecca SouthwicS said-I am u
years OF age; live at Lehi; my
mothcr's name j. Martha South
wick: live at her house; my father
lives at her house; Savina South
wick lives acrtss the street about
half 4 block; I 90 TO her house once
in a while; she comes to our house
when she j. invited; l remember
eating Thanksgiving dinner at
Saviua's house fOur yeaEs ago.
To Mr.. Thumnan-Some OF the
neighbors were there at the Thanks
giving dinner, my mother attends
10 my fathers wants; he stays there
all the time. he eats aud Sleeps at
my mothers house all the time
when he j. n home.
Sarah Ann Gurney-I live Gi
Lehi; know the two Mrs. South
wicks and Mr.. SJuthwick when |
=ae them: I have met Nj South
wick on the street; have seen him
Il M fist wiie's house, hut not at
his second wife's house; don't
know whether lie goes there or not.
samuel Southwick, the son OF Air.
S1uthWick-My mothers name Il
Martha Southwick; I know Savina
.ouihWick; she claims to be my
iather;s SECOND wife; my father
came 10 my ahother's house TO stop
all the time in isss. ! know IL was
ia 1852 because he spoke Of obeying
thz law. I occasionally gOto Savina
ssgushwicL's house; l live In the
lot adjoining Savina's h0use; ha, {
never seen my father go ia the
h0u-e.
To Mr.. Thurman-I have been
away from home n great deal; /
know that my father made change
in his living in Iss2; he spoke Of It
in the family.
Wm. L. Sluthwick-T live at
Lehi: my mother Is Martha South
wick; / was home some Of the time
during ISs2 aud lSS3; in lisa he
asr,tI To come and stay with
mother; have not seen my father in
Savina's house -ince 1885.
Mr.. Zane stated that he did not
consider the evidence sufficient 20
convict, and the jury were instruct
Ell by the court TO return 4 verdict
Of not guilty.
The case OF the United States ".
VIM. X. Lemon, unlawful c0hahita-
ton, was called and a jury empan-
eled.
Mr. Ev3Ss prosecuted and Thur
man & xiv appeared for the de-
fence.
Slrah Lemon testified-I live At
Gienwcod, SEWER County; am Ac-
auainted with WIN. X. Lemon; he
lives There; | am the legal wife In
this case; l refuse 70 testify IN this
case.
Mr.. King moved that the tcsti-
mony Of this witness be stricken out,
but the motion was overuIied anu
exception taken.
WIN. Zcofeldt-I live at Glen
wood; know Phoebe Lemon; she
has been living at Gienw01d with
her father; I do not know that she Is
the DEFENDANTS legal wife; Il was
the general report that she as not
his plural wife.
M. Evans asked for the privilege
Of cross ,xaninIng .he witness As he
hal been taken by surprise.
The court stated that he might
ask leading questions. Objected 10
by the defense. Objection over
ruled.
/ have seen the defendant and
Phoebe going to meeting together;
the first wife was with them; have
seen Phoebe ut Sarah's house; she
was working there; it was under
stood that she was Lemons second
wife.
To Mr.. King-At the time Phoebe
was working at Sarah's house, Mr..
Lemon was away a. work and sarah