Reynolds v. United States
Supreme Court of the United States
Ebbob to the Supreme Court of the Territory of Utah. This is an indictment found in the District Court for the third judicial district of the Territory of Utah, charging George Reynolds with bigamy, in violation of sect. 5352 of the Revised Statutes, which, omitting its exceptions, is as follows: — “Every, person having a husband,or wife living, who marries another, whether married or single, in a Territory, or other place over which the United States have exclusive…
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Ebbob to the Supreme Court of the Territory of Utah. This is an indictment found in the District Court for the third judicial district of the Territory of Utah, charging George Reynolds with bigamy, in violation of sect. 5352 of the Revised Statutes, which, omitting its exceptions, is as follows: — “Every, person having a husband,or wife living, who marries another, whether married or single, in a Territory, or other place over which the United States have exclusive jurisdiction, is guilty of bigamy, and shall be punished by a fine of not more than $500, and by imprisonment for a term of not…
1Opinion of the CourtChief Justice Waite
The assignments of error, when grouped, present the following questions: —
1. Was the indictment bad because found by a grand jury of less than sixteen persons ?
2. Were the challenges of certain petit jurors by the accused improperly overruled ?
3. Were the challenges of certain other jurors by the government improperly- sustained ?
4. Was the testimony of Amelia Jane Schofield, given at a former trial for the same offence, but under another indictment, improperly admitted in evidence ?
5. Should the accused have been acquitted if he married the second time, because he believed it to be his.…
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