United States v. Snow
Utah Supreme Court
Appeal from a judgment of the district court of tlie first district, and from an order refusing anew trial. The indictment in this case charged the defendant with cohabiting with more than one woman during the year-1883; the other facts appear in the opinion.
1Opinion of the Court
POWERS, J.:
The main question for our consideration in this case is: can a man, while recognizing, supporting, rand holding out to the world his lawful wife as a wife, live with and hold out, support and recognize as a.wife another woman, and not be liable to punishment under the Edmunds law? In other words, if such a state of facts exists as is indicated by the question stated, is the man guilty'of cohabitation?
To answer this question we must interpret the Edmunds law. We must consider the occasion and necessity for the law. We must ascertain the mischief felt and the object and remedy in…
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- Ex parte BurrU.S. Circuit Court for the District of District of Columbia · 1823
- Knowles v. YeatesCalifornia Supreme Court · 1866
- Ex parte EllisCalifornia Supreme Court · 1858
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