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Show - 129 - in its char acter• to such an extent tha t it seemed impo s i ble t o a void conviction ~ but the Judge, in his char ge to the Jury, left s o wide a loophole , ~ha t had they been willing to convict , they could scarcely have done so , a s his instructions a s to the in~erp re ta tion of the l aw were so man ife s tly i ncorrect tha t the a ttor ney f or the .uefense we re surp r i s en to that extent tha~ they wi thdrew t he re quest f or him t o charge ~he jury and so , as his· own de f inition of ~h e l aw was so much mor e in their favor than even they expecten • .. :tter the court adj ourned , uol onel Moore , for the prosecution , called his a ttention to the fact tha t he had utterly f:"ailed to charge as to what was the nature of the crime comnitted--when twelve men band toge ther and destroy the lit-e o!· a human be i ng , ancl when it cannot be pr oven · who struck the ·t·atal blow. He excused h i ms elt b;-r s a ying t ha t it 'slipped his memory 1 - -doubtless one of the most re m a r k a ~ le ca ses up on record , where a judge :tail ed to cha rge the iur y upon the very pivot ot· the case on tria l . 1~ otw i t hstand ing 11 this , f our o ~- t he jury were f'or i gnoring his cha rge anci in te rpre t a ti on of the l aw , : nd finding the man guilty , but in t he end finally s uc cumbed. and a ve rdic t of no t guil ty was brought i n . ~hu s ends th i s le gal far ce , a n . another chapter i s added to the volume of NTong heaped upon the heads of the citizens of utah , by the sanctimonious bigotry of a so called Uhris tian world . 'l'his verdict was , doubtle s s , anticipaten upon "the par t ot· t he people too of utah , and r i ghti ullYA i f we are t o judge from t heir expe r i en ce s i n the past ; :tor , with all the brut ality "th ~has been practiced upon t hem , where can there be f ound an instant where their wrongs were ever redress ed? Let us look a t the situa tion f or a moment: the privile es of a juryman are deni ed the Mormon pe ople on a c count o:t relig ious bel i ef |
