State v. Graham
Utah Supreme Court
Appeal from the Third District Court, Salt Lake County.— 'Hon. A. 0. Norrell, Judge. Defendant was prosecuted for and convicted of the crime of unlawful cohabitation and appealed to this court. In Ball v. United States, 140 IJ.
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Appeal from the Third District Court, Salt Lake County.— 'Hon. A. 0. Norrell, Judge. Defendant was prosecuted for and convicted of the crime of unlawful cohabitation and appealed to this court. In Ball v. United States, 140 IJ. S. 136, the rule is laid down with regard to the places in which the offense is committed, as follows: “The accused is entitled to be informed of the nature and cause of an accusation against him, and jurisdiction should not be exercised when there is doubt as to the authority to exercise it. All the essential ingredients of the offense charged must be stated in the…
1Opinion of the Court
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(District Judge). — The defendant in this action was tried in Salt Lake county for the offense of unlawful cohabitation, upon an information, the charging clause of which reads as follows:
“The said John C. Graham on the first day of January, A. D. 1898, and on divers other days, and continually between said first day of-January, A. D. 1898, and’ the twelfth day of *283May, 1899, at the county of Salt Lake, State of Utah, did unlawfully cohabit with more than one woman, to-wit: one Mary A. Graham and one Sarah Potter, commonly known as Sarah Potter Graham.”
The evidence adduced at the trial…
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