Bassett v. United States
Supreme Court of the United States
ERROR TO THE SUPREME COURT OF THE TERRITORY OF UTAH. .On the 23d of November, 1886, the grand jury of the District Court for the First Judicial District of Utah Territory found an indictment for polygamy against the plaintiff in error, charging him with having married one Kate Smith, oh the 14th day of August, 1884, when his lawful wife,- Sarah Ann Williams, was still living and undivorced.
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ERROR TO THE SUPREME COURT OF THE TERRITORY OF UTAH. .On the 23d of November, 1886, the grand jury of the District Court for the First Judicial District of Utah Territory found an indictment for polygamy against the plaintiff in error, charging him with having married one Kate Smith, oh the 14th day of August, 1884, when his lawful wife,- Sarah Ann Williams, was still living and undivorced. A motion was made to set aside and dismiss the indictment on the ground that it had not been found and presented in the manner prescribed by law, because it had been found without Any other evidence than…
1Opinion of the Court
.Mr. Justice Brewer
delivered the opinion of the court.
On November 23, 1886, the grand jury of the First Judicial District Court of Utah found an indictment for polygamy against the plaintiff in error, charging him with having married one Kate Smith on the 14th day of August, 1884, when his lawful wife, Sarah Ann Williams, was still living and undivorced. Upon trial before a jury a verdict of guilty ivas returned, and he was sentenced to imprisonment for a term of five years and to pay a fine of five hundred dollars. Such sentence, on appeal, was' affirmed by the Supreme Court of the…
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