Show WORKING OF THE LAW much fraud in real estate violation of marriage law a serious matter hard times naturally bring disaster to Is shaky haky business houses and often to those who are considered consid cred eidd perfectly solid and reliable but often a firm assigns to avoid paying their debts and then stock up in business under a different style of name later on that this is fraud pure and simple needs no argument meyeral of the late failures in tho tha salt lake city give evidence of having occurred purposely to defraud their creditors notably D alexander and co and charges of fraud have also been filed against the well known dry goods firm of cohn bros in their assignment there have been a large number of people arraigned ta on charges of fraud in real estate trains actions in and out of utah everything is favorable to utah becoming a state soon and there is not much doubt that an enabling act will pass both houses of congress before march 4 1893 noting the s suggestions of your correspondent frank in last weeks issue relating to the legal consequences of breaking the marriage laws I 1 have looked the law up and findig find it a grave and serious matter the fourth degree of consanguinity goes to and includes the relationship lation ship of first cousins as he be has stated and I 1 quote the law on this matter section four of the ed munds tucker law reads that if any persons related to another person within and not including the fourth degree of consanguinity computed according to the rules of the civil law shall marry or cohabit with or have sexual intercourse with such euch other so related person knowing her or him to be within said degree of relationship the persons so offending shall be deemed gui guilty sity of incest and on conviction thereof shall be punished by imprisonment in the penitentiary not less thau thred rea years and not more moie than fifteen years the home life insurance company pan has taken the necessary legal leal 0 steps to dissolve its incorporated ex j istance isten cc |