1850 American Gold Tycoon

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"So what happened?"

“Mormons and Han people are at odds?”

"It's good to break up! We in the United States are a secular country. How can we tolerate such evil religions as Mormonism!"

A large number of local people gathered in Salt Lake City Plaza to watch the excitement. {What? You don’t know yet|Read COM, read the chapters without mistakes|Hurry up and Google them}

The people of Utah have suffered from Mormonism for a long time, and the onlookers, both Chinese and foreign, applauded the arrest of the Mormons.

It's just that many people still hide this emotion in their hearts and dare not show it too obviously.

What if this time it was just a show, killing a few insignificant Mormon figures? If you act too active now, what will happen if Mormonism comes back in the future and settles the scores?

This is the attitude of many Utahns.

But soon, their doubts were dispelled.

Pan Baolin seemed to have been prepared. Not long after, lawyers from both sides and the jury entered the court one after another.

The subjects who were put on trial were actually the second generation of the core church members, including Bree, Joseph, and Peregrine, who usually behaved in Utah leaders and caused widespread complaints among the people.

After seeing clearly that the person about to be tried was a descendant of Mormon prophets and elders, the crowd of onlookers instantly burst into enthusiastic emotions.

This time, it's definitely going to happen. It is by no means as simple as showing off.

"We are gathered here today to try important cases involving members of the Mormon Church, including Bree Jr., Joseph Peregrine,

My duty as the presiding judge is to ensure a fair trial and judge the case in accordance with the law. During the trial, my team of judges and I will make decisions based on the law and evidence, without being influenced by personal opinions and emotions.

First, I want to emphasize the right of religious freedom granted to every American citizen by the Constitution.

The First Amendment to the U.S. Constitution guarantees every American citizen the right to freedom of religion, which means that everyone has the right to believe and practice their religion. The Mormon Church is part of America's diverse religious communities and they enjoy the right to religious freedom, a right that should be respected.

However, religious freedom does not mean that you can violate other laws, interfere with the freedom of religious belief of other citizens, extort money in the name of religion, or interfere with the social order of the secular world. We must balance religious freedom with the legality of the law.

My team of judges and I will ensure a fair trial process in this trial.

During the trial, we will handle all evidence in accordance with the law to ensure the legality and reliability of the evidence. The jury's duty is to make a decision based on the law and the evidence, without being influenced by personal emotion or bias.

During the trial, all jury members are also asked to maintain a fair, focused and neutral attitude. Our goal is to make fair judgments based on the law and evidence to ensure the authority of the law and a fair judicial process.

This trial will be conducted in accordance with the law to maintain legal order and social fairness and justice in our Utah territory. "

After Pan Baolin finished speaking, the trial officially began.

The materials and evidence they had spent more than a year preparing were finally put to use at this moment.

In the face of mountains of irrefutable evidence, the lawyers representing the Mormon criminals only made a few symbolic arguments for their clients before giving up resistance.

Because these people have committed so many crimes, even just in accordance with the Constitution, it is enough to convict these people.

The 12 jury members are carefully selected non-Mormons, as well as Mormons who have long been disgusted with Mormon rule.

Schneider was also fortunate to be invited to be a member of the jury. After a short evaluation, Schneider and 12 other juror members unanimously found that Bree, Joseph, Peregrine and others were guilty.

Pan Baolin consolidated 296 murder cases and convicted Bridgman, Joseph, Peregrine and others on the basis of the Constitution on the following charges.

Destroying others' freedom of religious belief, religious practice and speech violates citizens' rights to freedom of religious belief and freedom of speech granted by the First Amendment to the U.S. Constitution.

Illegal seizure of weapons from others violates citizens’ right to keep and bear arms under the Second Amendment to the U.S. Constitution.

Without permission, church courts were secretly set up on American soil to illegally try legal American citizens in violation of judicial procedures. It violates the spirit of the right to a fair trial in the Sixth Amendment to the Constitution.

Finally, the court directly concluded the case and sentenced 16 heinous second-generation teachers, including Bree, Joseph, and Peregrine.

16 people including Xiaobrei, Joseph, and Peregrine were sentenced to confiscation of all illegally obtained property and immediate execution of the death penalty.

Sixteen piles of firewood sprinkled with kerosene were piled up in the Salt Lake City Square. The hands of Bree, Joseph, Peregrine and others were nailed directly to the cross stakes with iron nails.

Before the execution began, their wails could be heard in Salt Lake City Square.

These former playboys were all so frightened by this scene that they became incontinent.

Stanford, Pan Baolin and others looked at each other and nodded. The soldier in charge of the execution took out a match from his pocket and struck the fire, then flicked the match into the firewood poured with kerosene.

The 16 heinous criminals were swallowed up by the blazing flames with painful howls that were worse than death.

"16 people committed 296 murders. These people were either committing crimes or on the way to commit crimes." Cai Mingsheng, who was watching, couldn't help but exclaimed.

"Chief Superintendent Cai, let's discuss the marriages of our juniors."

Bree, Joseph, Peregrine and others, Schneider felt refreshed and in good spirits, wondering if the gods his wife worshiped had really manifested themselves.

On December 20, 1858, after a short but efficient discussion, the Utah Territory Provisional Congress officially recognized Mormonism as a cult and declared that cults and cultists were not protected by law.

People in Utah, who have long been suffering from Mormonism, are actively coming forward to report and correct the cultists they know.

In the Utah Territory, the liquidation of the Mormon cult was in full swing.

In less than half a month, more than 12,600 Mormons, large and small, who committed crimes were arrested.

So many criminals were arrested that cells everywhere were overcrowded and there was nowhere to hold them.

Stanford had to temporarily detain these Mormons awaiting trial in temporary concentration camps for centralized management.

In addition to arresting Mormons, operations to confiscate illegal assets of Mormons are also underway.

Governor Stanford implemented his first major initiative since becoming territorial governor: de-Mormonizing the Jewish Territory.

Residents of the Territory of Utah responded to the call of His Excellency the Governor and voluntarily handed over the Mexican golden statue of the angel, religious items with blooming latex flowers, religious items with bee patterns, and other cult items such as the Book of Mormon.

These items were gathered together by country gentlemen with no Mormon background from all over the place and destroyed in public in the square.

Salt Lake City is the city that has implemented the most thorough and radical de-Mormonization.

The local residents not only cooperated very well in handing over illegal cult items as required, but also destroyed icons in churches and removed Mormon symbols from all buildings.

Even so, the residents of Salt Lake City still feel that it is not enough.

Schneider proposed destroying all Mormon churches in Salt Lake City and its surrounding villages, including the Salt Lake City Cathedral in the heart of downtown Salt Lake City.

This proposal was quickly recognized by local residents. In less than a week, all Mormon churches in the Salt Lake City area were burned to the ground and turned into a pile of ruins.

Stanford praised the efforts of Salt Lake City residents.

After the news spread to other areas in the Utah Territory, residents of Provo, Ogden, Brigham and other places were not far behind and quickly burned down all the local Mormon churches.