People v. Hampton
Utah Supreme Court
Appeal from a judgment of tbe district court of tbe third district, and from an order refusing a new trial. The opinion states tbe facts.
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Appeal from a judgment of tbe district court of tbe third district, and from an order refusing a new trial. The opinion states tbe facts. The challenge to the panel should have been sustained: Thomas’ Coke, vol. 3, 509, 510; Proffatt on Jury Trials, secs. 150, 151, 152; Thomson & Merriam on Juries, secs. 130, 131, 140; Munshower v. Ration., 10 Serg. & E. 334; Wood v. Rowan, 5 John. 133; Gordon v. Turner, 9 John. 260; Pringle v. Muse, .1 Cowen, 132 and note; Van Aulcen v. Beemer, 4 N. J. L. 364; Cooley’s Const. Lira., chap. 13; Strunder v. West Virginia, 100 U. S. 303; Virginia v. Rives, 100…
1Opinion of the Court
Powers, J.:
A peculiar state of facts is shown by the record in this case. It would seem that lewd women were employed to open houses of ill-fame in the city of Salt Lake. It is claimed that men who had not sufficient self-respect or morality to resist such allurements were beguiled therein, and that the unholy practices with the women were *260watclied from adjoining apartments through, peep-holes by members of the police force. It is insisted that this was done in the interest of virtue and morality. The defendant, Brigham Y. Hampton, is a prominent member of the Church of Jesus Christ of…
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