Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1890-10-07
FIRST DISTRICT CeURT
Arthur Campbell Says N. Had Moth.
Ing To Do With Elizabeth.


Court resumed session at . o,clocl.
saturday afternoon, aud ChSrles w.
h.wlinsOn withdrew his plea OF not
guilty to the charge Of adultery and
entered one Of guilty. Sentence
was set for Oct sth.
Court then adjournsl until Mon
day morning at 10 O'Clock.
MONDAY MORNING..
;. NJ. Duggins entered a plea Of
not guilty TO the charge Of keeping
a gaming table. The case was sci
for Oct. 18th.
Rasmus Justensen was sentenced
10 two years. imprisonment and IN
pay costs Of court, for adultery.
Aaron Hardy was sentenced Ia
SIX months Imprisonment and :,
pay costs OF court. He had enter,.j
plea OF guilty to the charge OF un-
lawful cohsbitatlon.
Harry Craigh, Frank Hill and
andrew Clond plead not guilty 10
the charge OF hOusebreaking. Their
case was set for October 10Th.
John Mitchell and Charles An
derson were arraigued on A chaT,.,.
o. oursiary aud piesded not guilty.
hey Icy were promised n hearing on
}. w. Coburn and Luke MAY
nam plead hot guilty TO the charge
OF unlawfnlly selling liquor on
Sunday. The case was s.t for
October 18th,
htk sutherland gave notice that
motion for n new trial would be
made IN the case Of the People vs..
Chadwick and whippIe aud asked
that sentence be postponed until
next Saturday. Granted.
James Lindsay, charged with
grand larceny, pleaded not guilty
and r. A. Wilson was appoInIed As
his attorney.
The case Of the People vs.. Arthur
Campbell, adultery, was called and
jury impaneled. Mr.. Myton ap-
peared for the defense, Mr.. Evans
prosecuting the case.
Eiisabeth Christensen teStffed-I 1
I've IN Mayfeld, Sanpete County;
am seventeen years Of age and un-
married; Campbell is a married
man and has six or seven children;
am the mother Of one child, Of
which Arthur Campbell Is the
father.
Julia A. Christensen, sister Of
Elizabeth, testifed-I know Arthur
Campbell; think he Is n married
man; his wile's name i Jennie
Campbell; his eldest child's name
Is Willie Campbell; the general re-
pute in the community is that they
are man and wife; nay sister lived at
Arthur Campbell's house for awhile;
she stayed there three weeks; /
have seen the two together, but
have never seen anything that
wculd indicate any intimacy be-
tween them.
G. w. Christensen, the mother OF
Elizabeth Christensen, had worked
at Arthur Campbell's house for two
weeks, but had never seen her with
Arthur Campbell.
j. G.. Christensen-Live in En-
cry County; was in Mayfield last
February; am n brother OF Lizzie's; ,
while l was there Campbell told me :
to ask Lizzie i! any one else had
anything to DO with her, he said she
was not Innocent
Lizzie and Julia Christensen were :
and testified 10 the resenl-
hlance between Lizzie's child and
Tommy, one ofthe defendants chill
iren. q
Jennie Campbell-Am the wife Of !
he defendant and want 10 testify :
or the defendant.
The prosecution rested.
Arthur Campbell, the defendant :.
1 know Elizabeth Christensen; :
he has lived in my house in May !.
ield; she was ss(vant; | paid her :
wages; never had'any sexual inter a
'ounse with Lizzie; she used % 20 8
With my brother; her reputation for
ruth and veracity is had; her relu- "
alton for morality il tad; in The :
had with J. q. Chris
ensen, / told him that / would
rove my innocence in years to
ome when the child could speak !.
or itself
Mrs. Campbell-know Elizabeth | &
she lived at my place :,
rom the 18th Of March 20 the "
Suh OF April; employed her; =
Fss al home all the time she was :
here; my husband was away
art OF the time; she came there %
gain for a short time afterward: =
ever saw anything affectionaie h. I
geen my husband and her. knew e,
hat her reputation for truth nad {
eracity was bad when | employed
e.; have heard plenty Of talk about
er moral character before / en- a
Logged her il was had; employed
er because / could not find any T
ther girl; she seemed 10 show an n
for Daniel Campbell. i
Daniel Campbell-Have lived at q
iayfield Off and on for the last four a
r five yean; made my home nj my h
roiher's house and | would take n
er home, she offered me ten cebts n
nee four years ago; dill not ac- "a
epi: never have had sexual inter-
purse with her; her reputation for v
nth and veracity il bad; don't 1
now what her reputation for chast- y
y was in 1859; don't know whether
le was keeping company with any ~
ne In March auS April 1859; went q
way from home In the latter part u
February; Chris Lawson took her u
way from me one evening In Fe- Is
ruary; am nineteen years old. .
The defense rested.
Mrs. Christensen was recalled and u
stified that she had always con-
dercd Lizzie n truthful and good
irl.
Mr.. Christensen the father. Julia =
aud J. q. Christensen
the testimony.
A recess was taken until 1879 =