The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1891-10-25
BOWMAN'S SENTENCE
Judge Zane Declines to Miti-
gate 1t.
JOHNSON TIRED OF THE PRISON
Two Important Mining Suits, One Involving
the Mayflower aud One the saturn.
Police Court Cases.

1t will be remembered that a few days
ago Robert Bowman appeared in the Third
district court and pleaded guilty to the
charge of unlawful cohabitation. Upon
the statements made by the defendant
Judge Zane sentenced him to six months
Imprisonment and imposed g fine of Sl00
and costs. The case came up again yester
day morning, when z. S. Richards, on be-
half of the defendant, made an application
for modification of the judgment, because
he was satisfied that there had been some
mistake as to the true status of the case.
MIR. Bowman was very hard of hearing
and showed that he did not fully under
stand the questions propounded to him by
his honor. He did not, according to his
statement since, know that be was re-
quired by law to live with mis-
first wife, but had the impress
sion that he might live with
either of them, so long as he kept to that
one. BY mutual agreement between him
self and his first wife he had arranged to
live with his second. owing to certain cir
cumstances. 1t seemed that she had a farm,
and required assistance in its management;
Tor that reason Mr.. Bowman arranged to
reside with her altogether. He had done
this exclusively for more than year Just
prior to his recent trial. He had all along
supposed that he had been complying with
the requirements of the law, but now real
lied his mistake and was ready to promise
to faithfully obey the law as construed by
the court. The two wives were present and
would answer any questions put to them.
The Judge-Under the statutes OF 1887
adultery is one of the worst of crimes in
! the eye of the law, and l assume that if
! this defendant was living with his secon
wife he was living in adultery with her,
and ought to have known better than that.
! Mr.. Richards-It appears from his state
ment that he did not know better. He is
! present here this morning and so is his
lawful wife.
| The Judge-Well let him stand up. He
appeared certainly to be very mucn con-
fused when before the court for sentence
Mr.. Richards-He tells me he did not
then understand the interrogations of the
court. His legal wife tells me that the
! only reason for his going to the house in
which she lives, on one occasion, was be-
cause one of his daughters was lying sick
there, and at the point of death, and he
went there to sit up with her
In reply to the court, defendant said he
had had only these two wives. He married
the first wife about thirty years ago, and
! V ago.
! he was under the Impression that he was
allowed to live with either one he pleased,
so long as he kept TO that one. He was
i ffty-niue years of age.
Judge Zane-You knew there were a
great many men being prosecuted and pun
ished for unlawful cohabitation, didn' t
you!
DISADVANTAGES, sir.
Q.-And you knew that quite 9 good
many were being punished for adultery.
A.-1es, l saw 1t in the papers.
Dwell, when you learned that, why
didn't you quit! This not only continued
after you must have known it was contrary
to law, but you continued it after the
church to which you belong had changed
its doctrine, as l understand, upon the sub
ject of polygamy and unlawful Capitalization
as being against the law. Do you under
stand that the doctrine of the church now
forblds you violating the law of entering
into polygamy or practiciug unlawful CO.
habitation! You understand that now bet.
ter than you did!
Ayes.
Q.-Do you understand now that both
the law and your church compel you to
live with your first wife, and that you can
not live with your second:
Ayes, sir.
Dwell, what is your intention with re.
spect to the future!
Al viii obey the law faithfully,
Q.-And will not associate with your
second wife IN any way, that is to say as a
wife!
A.-No, sir, 1 will not.
The Judge-But, Of course, you have a
right, if you think proper, to provide for
her and furnish her, and her children with
necessaries 1t is your duty also to edu-
cate your children, whether legitimate OF
illegitimate. Go the prosecuting attorney
What do you, Mr.. Stephens, know about
this man!
Mr.. Stephens-The testimony as to the
circumstances of the case was very clear
that he had lived with his plural wife.
Judge Zane-Yes, he admits trat.
Mr.. Stephens-I don't see that there is
any excuse for him.
Defendant, answering his honor. said his
health was very poor.
The Judge (after a pauSe) We'll, | think
! l will let the sentence stand as it is. If vor
want to make an application for pardon
you must make your statement to tn,
President of the United States: Then per.
haps you may obtain it. That is all.
The defendants wives, who were present
were not questioned.
EFFIE PLEADS NOT GUILTY.
Efie Smith, the colored woman who wa
arrested short time ago on the charge o
the latter was walking along Second Soutl
street, was arraigned aud pleaded no
, guilty to an indictment charging her wit
grand larceny.
ALEX. CHANGES HIS MIND.
Alex. johnson, the young attorney VIII
IS Jointly indicted with b. w. briggs, ir,
for forging Judge Roge's name to
promissory note, and who, when arrested
refused to give bonds, appeared and entere
q plea OF not guilty. His attorney thel
asked that the defendants bond be re
duced from 81, 800 to 81 900, and the reoues
was granted. Alex. evil emily doesn't fin,
/ prison life as enjoyable as he imagined.
i WARRANT ISSUED.
In the case of Thomas Mcbride. charge,
with fornicaticn, warrant of arrest wa
ordered.
A BIG MINING SUIT.
. The big mining suit of Ezra Thompso
ct al. VS.. David Keith ct al, involving tn
:. ownership of portion of the valuabl
Mayfiower property near Park city an
which is to be tried early in December
Marshall Il Royle, attorneys for the plain
tlffs, made a motion to have the defendants
bond increased from $4,000 to 500, 0O(
Mr.. Marshall said that he did not beiev
i an honest accounting had hean uo6a b,,