Cannon v. United States
Supreme Court of the United States
ERROR TO THE SUPREME COURT OP -THE TERRITORY OF UTAH. This was a writ of error to bring up for review proceedings in the Supreme Court of the Territory of Utah, in the indict-merit and conviction of the plaintiff in error for unlawfully cohabiting with more than one woman. The facts which make the case are stated in the opinion of the court.
1Opinion of the CourtJustice Blatchford
Angus M. Cannon was indicted by a grand jury in the District Court of the Third Judicial District in and for the Territory of Utah, in February, 1885, for a violation of § 3 of the act of Congress, approved March 22d, 1882, ch. 47, entitled “ An Act to amend section fifty-three hundred and fifty-two of the Revised Statutes of the United States, in reference to bigamy and for other purposes.” 22 Stat. 31. Section 1 of the act amends section 5352 of the Revised Statutes, which was a re-enactment of § 1 of the act of July 1st, 1862, ch. 123, 12 Stat. 501; and, in order that the amendment may be…
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