The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1900-05-01

between the dates of Jan. 1. 1897. and
July l. 1899. On April u last the defend
ant presented plea OF not guilty. The
deposition Of Dr. Luella Miles was that
IN the summer of 1897 she called at IS
North State street the residence OF
DR.. Margaret G. Roberts, who had that
year changed her name from Ship to
Roberts. She was introduced to 3. H.
Roberts, who entered the house with
out knocking or being ustiered in. Tes-
timony Of j. r. Letcher. clerk Of the
United States court, was to the effect
that he had called at Mr.. Roberts
office address in the TemDletOn build
ing in July, 1898. He was there re-
Terred to the address Of Dr. Roberts,
20 North State street. On calling there
he found Mr.. Roberts in bed sick.
DT. NJ. S. Roberts accompanied Mr..
Letcher to the room where the defend
ant was in bed. With a wave of the
hand Mr.. Roberts introduced the doc
tor as his wife. and both the
parties acknowledged the intro
ductiOn by bowling. Dr. Rob
erts then left the room and Mr.. Letch-
er proceeded to the business which had
brought him there, which was to ask
Mr.. Roberts If he would speak at a
Fourth of July celebration at Manti.
Attorney AIoyle objected to the tes-
timony regarding Mr.. Letcher's calling
at the TempletOn block and there being
told that he could find Mr.. Roberts at
20 North State street, as mere hearsay
The court OverTuled the objection and
the defense took an exception. Mr.
Moyle also moved that the testimony
regarding the calling Of DR.. Luella c.
Miles be stricken out.
The court also overruled this Objec-
ton on the ground that the supreme
court Of this state had ruled that evil
dence of occurrences prior to the time
Of the information was admissible. as
showing the associations Of the parties
TO the case. The whole conduct of the
case was Of q. similar nature Mr.. Put
nam would read the testimony by one
OF the witnesses, and Mr. MOyle would
as surely move that it be stricken out
as irrelevant and immaterial or not
good evidence.
The deposition of Mrs. Maria Nc
D0ugal Of 1876 South Third East street
was next read. It was to the effect
that on July p, 1898. Mrs. McDougaI
was on a train of the Oregon Short
Line, travelling to Butte. DR.. Roberts
and the defendant occupied adjoining
seats in the same car with her md
were going to POcatello. When the
train stopped at ogden. Mrs. McD0u-
gal heard the defendant introduce Dr.
Roberts once as his wife, and several
times as Sister Roberts. Mr. Moyle's
objection to the admission of this tes-
timony was Overruled and an exceD-
ton taken by the defense. The next tes-
tim5ny was that the pair had been seen
together at a large political gathering
at Saltair Beach, in 1897, where the
defendant introduced DR.. Roberts to
DR. Wishard as his wife.
Next Mr.. Putnam read to the Jury
the deposition of z. A Mcdaniel. who
was manager Of The salt Lake Herald
during the time when Mr.. Roberts was
running for congress, and that Mr.
Mcdaniel had stated that The Herald
could not defend Mr.. Roberts on the
charge Of polygamy. and that Mr. Rob
erts had stated that he did not wish
The Herald to do 50. Mr.. Movies OBJ
lection to the Introduction Of this tes-
timony was sustained by the court.
At the conclusion Of the reading of
the testimony Mr.. Afoyle moved that
the case be dismissed. as the Drosecu-
ton had failed to prove their case. He
said that the information against the
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