WIGGINS v. PEOPLE, ETC., IN UTAH


93 U.S. 465 (____)

WIGGINS v. PEOPLE, ETC., IN UTAH.

Supreme Court of United States.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Argued by Mr. George H. Williams for the plaintiff in error, and by Mr. Solicitor-General Phillips, contra.


MR. JUSTICE MILLER delivered the opinion of the court.

Sect. 3 of the act of Congress of June 23, 1874 (18 Stat. 254), allows a writ of error from this court to the Supreme Court of the Territory of Utah, where the defendant has been convicted of bigamy or polygamy, or has been sentenced to death for any crime. The present writ is brought under that statute to obtain a review of a sentence of death against plaintiff in error for the

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