Show 1 Perjury in Love i A A fY o- o V CASUAL ASUAL consideration of prosecutions for forI I perjury in Utah would indicate that this is a forgotten crime Prosecutions for this offense are rare notwithstanding the fact that civil actions often reveal confessions Every week or so youthful married folk appear in incourt court seeking relief from premature or ill advised unions As often as not annulments 7 i Marc are sought on the grounds that one or both of I j the thc principals perjured themselves giving false ages in order to obtain the desired license J i v Perhaps fewer lives would be wrecked and parents would be spared considerable suffering suffer- suffer ing ping from this source if public officers were f i not inclined to overlook current infractions f 4 f the code coder County clerks frequently are 1 blamed for failure to prevent marriages of this this sort when as a matter of fact they have nothing before them but the wor word of the contracting parties It naturally follows that youths old enough to pretend to have attained at- at 1 tamped their majority are arc old enough to appreciate appreciate te the seriousness of the false oath J 1 1 J r As it is now they use this offense as a i ie of obtaining relief for themselves andone and v J. J lio one ever questions them concerning their criminal criminal responsibility Perhaps drastic punishment pun- pun for perjury would render no service in in the cases of record Nevertheless some A step steps s sh should uld be taken to show the youth of the state that the course is not ac accepted as f honorable Prosecutions of current offenses I perhaps w would discourage other young people from r m following following the same course |