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English
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Law and Order in Early Utah
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Chronicles of Courage
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1990
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1
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249-88
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Deals with how cases were tried before the territorial government was installed, as well as after. Gives a description of life in the first territorial prison, including some accounts from the prisoners themselves, one being the first female prisoner in the territory, Isabelle Maria Harris. [p. 269-288] May 18, 1833 to August 1883. Isabelle arrives at the penitentiary with her infant, Horace. No cell is available for her, so she is placed in the dining room until a cell is open. Among her visitors are Emmeline B. Wells and Ellen C. Clawson. In June, she shares a cell with a woman charged with bigamy. Harris describes the woman as a common prostitute. Also in June, her case is appealed to the Supreme Court by her attorneys, Arthur Brown, Col. Merrit, and S.A. Kenner. The Court decides that she will stay in jail another two months. In July, a reporter tells her that her case had stirred much interest in the East. Kenner mentions that the communities view her as a heroine. She mentions that George Reynolds visited her on July 29. She refuses to reveal her name despite intense questioning from Zera Snow and a Mr. Ireland. In August, the court decides to liberate Harris once the Grand Jury is discharged.