Wooley v. Watkins
Idaho Supreme Court
APPEAL from District Court, Bingham County. This is an appeal by H. S. Wooley from a judgment rendered against him on the sixteenth day of October, 1888, in Bingham county, by the district court of the third judicial district of the territory of Idaho, dismissing his complaint and application for a writ of mandamus against C. N. Watkins, registrar of voters in Paris precinct, Bear Lake county, to compel him to register his name in the list of voters of that precinct.
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APPEAL from District Court, Bingham County. This is an appeal by H. S. Wooley from a judgment rendered against him on the sixteenth day of October, 1888, in Bingham county, by the district court of the third judicial district of the territory of Idaho, dismissing his complaint and application for a writ of mandamus against C. N. Watkins, registrar of voters in Paris precinct, Bear Lake county, to compel him to register his name in the list of voters of that precinct. On the fifth day of October, 1888, the relator filed his petition, wherein he avers “that he is a male inhabitant and…
1Opinion of the CourtWeir, C. J.
(After Stating the Facts.) — The argument of this ease at bar took a wide range, but the real questions involved lie in a narrow compass. They may be briefly stated in the following order: 1. Was the relator, at the time he demanded and was refused registration, a member of any order, organization, or association, and, if so, does that order, organization, or association teach, advise, counsel or encourage its members, devotees or other persons to commit the crime of bigamy or polygamy, or any other crime forbidden by law, as a duty arising from membership in such order, organization, or…
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