In Re Snow
Supreme Court of the United States
APPEAL FROM THE THIRD JUDICIAL DISTRICT COURT, SALT LAKE COUNTY, UTAH. This was an appeal from an order of court refusing an application for a writ of habeas corpus. The case is stated in the opinion of the court.
1Opinion of the CourtJustice Blatchford
Section 3 of the act of Congress approved March 22, 1882, c. 47, 22 Stat. 31, provides as follows: “ Sec. 3. That if any male person, in a territory or other place over which the. United States have exclusive jurisdiction, hereafter cohabits with more than one woman, he shall be deemed guilty of a misdemeanor, and on conviction thereof shall be punished by a fine of not more than three hundred dollars, or by imprisonment for not more than six months, or by both said punishments, in the discretion of the court.”
The grand jury of the United States for November Term, 1885, in the District Court…
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