001

The People of the United
States in the Territory of Utah
vs.
John D. Lee, indicted
with William H. Dame
Isaac C. Haight, John H.
Higby, George Adair, Junior
Ellott Willden, Samuel Jewkes
Philip K. Smith & William C. Stewart

And hereupon William
Carey, attorney of the United States in and
for the Territory of Utah and who prosecutes
for the People aforesaid as to the said
first and second pleas of the said John D. Lee by him alone
pleaded says that the same, and the
matters therein contained, in manner
and form as the same are above
pleaded and set forth or either of them are not sufficient
in law to bar or preclude the said
People from prosecuting the said
indictment against him the said
John D Lee; and that the said People
are not bound by the law of the land
to answer the same; and this be the
said William Carey who prosecutes as
aforesaid is ready to verify; wherefore
on account of the insufficiency of said
plea in this behalf be the said William