Salt Lake Herald-Republican | 1918-01-08 | Page 12 | Favored Polygamy; Denied Citizenship

I FAVORED IY POLYGAMY DENIED CITIZENSHIP Because William Cyrus Scott a subject sub sub- Joet of oC Great Britain had mental reservations res res- or on the of or polygamy he ho was denied citizenship papers yesterday yes yes- es b by District Judge Harold M M. Stephens Upon his examination three weeks s sago ago Scott said he ho did lid not practice polygamy because of oC the I laws ws of the United States and of the thc Mormon church but that ho lie saw W no no harm harmin in itIn it In the course courso of a twenty one page opinion the court said One cannot honestly believe In a practice apart front from the fact that ItIs it itis itis is against tho the law and antI at the tho same time be honestly attached to the law Jaw forbidding It It I