Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1894-08-18
JENNIE WILSON CASE.
GOibs and Dawes Get on With a
L3CllTs Oh "lldlSCFtllOl.
uUr THAT WORD DOESN'T "rIEo
80 Says Justice smith aud Adds That
a Cloud VIII Hang over the sc.
cu'od a, Long a, They Live.

What viii IN all probability be the
last legal hearing In the case u Fred
G0dOo and Ernest Dawes took place
before Justice smith this forenoon.
The hall wa. packed with the usual
thr3ng o. morbid curiosity seekers, who
sai, or stood, according 10 their pool.
tions, until the rising Of tue court
when the defendants went forth free
men, but smar.iug under official TO-.
Duke and Inundated a. the gaze Of
those who lo1kVi loathlugly upon
them.
In summing up the testimony, the
court saii boz substance. "rhis case
has buon aud lie very strange one.
TITO tv1iimOny throughout vas Dfa H..
matkaule character -- CJntTaIIctJry,
u0niuslJg. lhUrn are certain elements
which enter Into the comm l.silu u the
ofcusu charged F0rcu must be USED
aud that fact must also be known to
the defendant Tue injured potOu
may OF may no. bU iu a stale OF iu.
sonscnsinlnty al the time.
"lho ease II perhaps" continued hls
honor, "not A. favorable % the de-.
feudanls ne when the prosecution
closed two days ago from tho fact
that they wnun last on tho witness
stand they iailol o. impress tho court
with ifankneas aud caudJr that might
reasonably have boun expected from
Them, A. o. Dawes the circumstance.
are not such Ustl lead the court 10 be.
liuvu that he was asleep when found a.
lac pretended 70 DO. The unfortunate
woman, MTs. Wilson, was 10 such
condition That the crime might easily
nave been C1mniiitud without her
knoWlutge. sill, thero are witneucs
Tor the prosecution who testified that
she was ablg 10 assist ia dressing nvf-
sell. The olllCefs, q be- sure, testified
that shO was apparently lioless when
found. But u seems tuat she was con.
tcipus soon Aitgr AId SIN later Ia "a
o9mAt1se state again. The physician
(Dr Beers) testified positively that the
woman had been tuad1 u victim a.
clafgoi hut thufa seems 10 DO some
DOUBT as 20 tbs CORRECTNESS OF his uou.
clusion. Tue fact n there 10 not enough
evidence 20 convince the court thai
The crime has beon committed
The court then directed it, gaze upou
the defendants and said that la setting
them ireo they should understand that
they had done something that the Word
"iudiscreti0n" wOullu't ~. His honor
felt Inclined 70 censufe them severely.
IL was true they were drunk and thus
partially irtesp0nsibla at the time, cut
a. matter Of fact Il didn'i lessen tue
righteousness Oi thuif conduct very
much. They had been guilty VI some.
tning that would hang over them like
pail ne long ~ they lived. IL would
take great macy years ol n good life
TO wipe out what they had done OF
oven 10 strike balance, While they
were deserving Of thu strongest ecu.
sure, this court expressed hls slnceresl
sympathy for them aud hoped they
would ptont by their awful expcrl.
enCr.
In conclusion, the court said "rhc
Defendants should remember that this
has been simply n preliminary heating.
Ihe grand Jury may yet investigate
the case anu bind you over 10 await
trial In the district court, but do not
feel dispised 10 DO 20; you are there.
tore disoharfed;D