IN RE SNOW


120 U.S. 274 (1887)

IN RE SNOW

Supreme Court of United States.

Decided February 7, 1887.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Mr. George Ticknor Curtis and Mr. Franklin S. Richards for appellant.

Mr. Assistant Attorney General Maury for the United States.


MR. JUSTICE BLATCHFORD delivered the opinion of the court.

Section 3 of the act of Congress approved March 22, 1882, c. 47, 22 Stat. 31, provides as follows: "Sec. 3. That if any male person, in a territory or other place over which the United States have exclusive jurisdiction, hereafter cohabits with more than one woman, he shall be deemed guilty of a misdemeanor, and on conviction thereof shall be punished by a fine of...

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