Letter to Thomas Callister, 30 March 1864

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Letter to Thomas Callister, 30 March 1864
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    G. S. L. City, March 30, 1864. Bishop Thomas Callister: Elder W. Woodruff has received from bro. Ashman several letters and a telegram in relation to the disgraceful charges preferred against Orlando Warner, concerning which bro. Geo. A. has also received a letter from you. So far as we can learn the excitement against Judge King is in consequence of his having admitted Warner to bail, and whether the Judge accepted an illegal bond or admitted Warner ...
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    We do not understand that the Judge is required to find a clerk or attorney on examinations for he then only sits as a committing magistrate. The committee of the accused to prison would have subjected the County to unnecessary expense. What Judge King has done we have not yet learned but had we been on the bench we should probably have let Warner to bail had he got such security as would have satisfied us of his behavior and appearance. While there is a strong impression among the people ...
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    for a moment such wickedness it would require a great deal of coolness on their part to await the tardy operations of the law. The Legislature which enacted this Statute were at the time strongly impressed to make that crime a capital offence. Yours in the bonds of the Gospel Geo. A. Smith W. Woodruff ...