![]() They could include RCMP investigators, members of the Blackmore family and Rachel Jeffs, the daughter of Warren Jeff who is the former President of the FLDS and a convicted felon currently serving a life sentence of 20 plus year in the U.S. The trial is expected to last to the end of next week and a maximum of eight witnesses could be called. Oler and Gail Blackmore, who are both representing themselves, have taken no position on whether the evidence can be rolled over. The court will have to wait longer to find out when they will see evidence being carried over from the voir dire pretrial. The prosecutor was trying to prove that women must be obedient in the polygamous community and prove the three accused intended to commit the offences they are charged with. He has 145 children, according to some of them who sat beside Barlow on Thursday at the annual Sunstone Salt Lake Symposium, held at the University of Utah. However, when the defense went through Blackmore’s documents, one name after another, he highlighted that the youngest of the 302 names were four 16 year olds. Barlows husband, Canadian polygamist Winston Blackmore has married 27 women in all. Merlin Blackmore, 19, comes from Canada’s largest polygamist family and has spoken out about his unusual upbringing on TikTok. ![]() Jane Blackmore had told the courtroom the day before that she helped women as young as 15 give birth. Janu11:43AM A teenager and his two brothers have revealed what it’s like to live in a family of 150, while their dad has a staggering 27 wives. ![]() On Thursday, a defense lawyer went through 300 logged births by the former Bountiful midwife. She spent her younger years riding ponies, raising pet lambs and playing in the. The two sides did debate back and forth for about 20 minutes as the Defense was concerned the witness wasn’t an expert and what she would be saying was hearsay. As the daughter of Mormon leader Winston Blackmore, Mary Jayne Blackmore. Photo by Jonathan Hayward, Canadian Press. The Crown says that through the trial they plan to provide background information on the practices of the Fundamentalist Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints (FLDS) and what is expected of young women. Winston Blackmore with six of his daughters near Creston, April 2018. The Defense asked what relevance this had to what Blackmore and Oler have been charged with. She said as a midwife she attended to 50 births a year. She also told stories of how she had to get her Priesthood’s permission to follow doctor’s orders. Miss Blackmore talked about what her education was like growing up in Bountiful and how youth were taught from a young age about the importance of plural marriages. She was asked to share her experience as part of the sect. ![]() Jane Blackmore was married to the fundamentalist group leader in 1975 and worked as a midwife in the community. On Wednesday, the Crown gave their opening statements and heard from a former wife of Winston Blackmore in the trial of the polygamists. ![]()
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