The Waterbury Democrat., 1944-10-10
PLURAL WIVES
 GASES TANGLE
 COURT RECORDS
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 United PTeSs stan Correspondent

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 salt Lake clly, oce, lN (upl- The amazing and complicated arlth~ metlc involved tn the famous inter mountain polygamy trials tn Utah. Idaho and Colorado courts today revealed the following fNetSs
 since AS ENAn0anentAltStS were awakened before dawn last March. . Co face numerous ehArgeS tn oon~ nection with thelr alleged practice of polygNmy, there have been SS cases against a total oe 9S detene SlantS (NllhoNgh this involves only SC perSonSl, These eases have Np~ peared before lS dltferent state or federal judges In Q total ot n state or federal courts,
 Aside from this the four de- fense NtloFneys have written a total Of S0O,000 words while preparing the defense and have Aled % defense motions, S7 StlpNlatlonS % NtdidaNteS and six lengthy "hrieIS," The pros. eoUtlon also entered into the SS StipulatlonS and has filed six hrtetS on its behalf,
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 Yet. SeSpite these figures not one witness took the stand and not one juror was seated WntN late sep teM6er-in the current ease of SS F\AndaMentallStS charged with con- spiring to teach and practice plural marriage,
 An other cases, except those not vet prosecuted, were settled pOreN on the basis ot written stipWlat tionS- of.facts agreed to by both defense and prosecution, In each of these cases, Q single judge acted both as judge and jury, Fifteen men have been convicted of WnlNwtNl cohAbata.. ton, six have been convicted ol white slavery and two men and one woman, have been convicted ot 1l9' naping, all in connection with M' leged polygaEnouS practices,
 Although sentences have peer passed in all these eases, not . single defendant Is in 1ail or has paid a fine, All are currently Tree on bonds pending appeals oS thelI cases to various state and teaefsl appeals courts,
 Cases ln Brief
 A brief listing of eases includes;
 seventeen charges ot unlNwt0' cohNhitNtion with a total of Ss d. legged plural wives, in Salt Lake CIV and st, George, Utah, state district courts; l5 eases now on appeal eo the Utah supreme court, .
 Three charges of attempting to influence or brihe witnesses,
 One charge against lS FNnaa. mentalistS of eonSpiring to use the mails for obscene literature, rms was presented in the Utah federal district court and then dismissed by a Colorado district court judge, A subSeuoent appeal by the govern ment to the supreme court was later dismissed and the case was dropped,
 One charge of mailing ooSenee literature, never prosecuted,
 Three federal Kidnapping charges
 Seven Mann Act charges against a total of six FtlndamentaliStS, which, along with the kidnaping cases, were convicted by the Wyo" ming federal district judge, but are now on appeal to the 10th er' cult court of appeals in Denver,
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 One state conspiracy charge against S4 defendants, including II One defense suit to recover prop erty seized in the March ' mass raids,
 one damage suit against FHI agents and federal, state, country and city officers for unlawful SeiS. ure" of the property,
 one support suit filed tn the Idaho state court at Pocatello by 0 former plural wife, now on ap. pear to the Idaho supreme court,
 state defendants were all pre- viously arraigned in city courts,
 These figures attest to the fact that the polygamy eases constitute one of the most complicated, OK. pensive and unusual instances of court proceedings in the history ot the nation,
 But chief defense counsel Claude T. Barnes was undismayed today,
 "Well appeal every case to the U, s, supreme court If necessary" | he said,