Legal Opinion
State v. Barlow
Utah Supreme Court
Decided December 1, 1944No. Nos. 6737-6751PublishedCited by 26 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
McDONOUGH, Justice.
These cases all involve the same legal questions and, in substance, the same facts. They are consolidated for purposes of appeal.
Each of the defendants was charged with and convicted of the crime of unlawful cohabitation in violation of Sec. 103-51-2, U. C. A. 1943, which statute is a companion statute to Sec. 103-51-1, which prohibits the practice of polygamy. The trial in each case was based on a stipulation of facts tendered by each defendant and adopted by the district attorney.
Sec. 103-51-2, supra, reads:
“If any person cohabits with more than one person of the opposite…
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