 | Law - 1890 - 542 pages
...his religious belief? To permit this would be to make the professed doctrines of religious beliefs superior to the law of the land, and in effect to...could exist only in name under such circumstances." This reasoning and those illustrations apply with as much appropriateness and force to tho case in... | |
 | Utah. Supreme Court, Albert Hagan, John Augustine Marshall, John Maxcy Zane, James A. Williams, Joseph M. Tanner, George L. Nye, John Walcott Thompson, August B. Edler, Alonzo Blair Irvine, Harmel L. Pratt, William S. Dalton, H. Arnold Rich - Law reports, digests, etc - 1890 - 658 pages
...belief? To permit this would be to make the professed doctrines of religious belief superior to the laws of the land, and in effect to permit every citizen...could exist only in name under such circumstances." Notwithstanding the fact that polygamy was an offense at the common law, and held in abhorrence by... | |
 | Law reports, digests, etc - 1919 - 2026 pages
...was unexceptionable as matter of law." In Reynolds v. US, 98 US 145, 167 (25 L. Ed. 244), it is said: "A criminal intent is generally an element of crime,...legitimate consequences of what he knowingly does." See, also, Hanauer v. Doane, 12 Wall. 342, 347, 20 L. Ed. 439. The ruling of the trial court on the... | |
 | Law reports, digests, etc - 1886 - 1942 pages
...religious duty was no defense on an indictment for bigamy. The court say, (page 167:) "A criminal intont is generally an element of crime, but every man is...the necessary and legitimate consequences of what lie knowingly does. Here the accused knew ha had been once married, and that his first wife was living.... | |
 | Citizen of Massachusetts, Alfred Ellingwood Giles - Bigamy - 1882 - 80 pages
...organization of society, under the exclusive dominion of the United States, it has been prescribed that plural marriages shall not be allowed. Can a...name under such circumstances. A criminal intent is a necessary element of crime, but every man is presumed to intend the necessary and legitimate consequences... | |
 | Francis Wharton, Moreton Stillé - Insanity - 1882 - 832 pages
...because of his religious belief ? To permit this would be to make the professed doctrines of religions belief superior to the law of the land, and, in effect,...could exist only in name, under such circumstances. "And so, in like manner I say, a man may reason himself into a conviction of the expediency and patriotic... | |
 | United States. Supreme Court - Law reports, digests, etc - 1890 - 778 pages
...was her duty to burn herself upon the funeral pile of her dead husband, would it be beyond the powei1 of the civil government to prevent her carrying her...could exist only in name under such circumstances." And in Murphy \\ Iiamsey, 114 US 15, 45, referring to the act of Congress excluding' poly gamists and... | |
 | John Davison Lawson - Insanity - 1884 - 1012 pages
...United States, it is provided that plural marriages shall not be allowed, can a man excuse his practice to the contrary because of his religious belief ?...could exist only in name, under such circumstances." And so, in like manner, I say, a man may reason himself into a conviction of the expediency and patriotic... | |
 | Law reports, digests, etc - 1911 - 1168 pages
...excuse his practices to the contrary because of his religious belief? To permit this would be to mnke the professed doctrines of religious belief superior...could exist only In name under such circumstances. * * * " In the case under consideration, "every act necessary to constitute the crime was knowingly... | |
 | Law reports, digests, etc - 1885 - 1156 pages
...religiously believed it was her duty to burn herself upon the funeral pile of her dead husband, would it be beyond the power of the civil government to prevent...could exist only in name under such circumstances. § 864-. Criminal intent. A criminal intent is generally an element of crime, but every man is presumed... | |
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So here, as a law of the organization of society under the exclusive dominion of the United States, it is provided that plural marriages shall not be allowed. Can a man excuse his practices to the contrary because of his religious belief? To permit this... 
