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Show UNITED STATES v.-, CANNON. Delegate Cannon's Answer to the Complaint Filed Against Him by District Attorney Howard. Yesterday tbe auswtr of Hon. Geo. 0,. Canuon to the complaint filed by the United States district attorney to set aside his naturalization paper, was filed in the district court. Following Fol-lowing is the text of the piper: The said defendant, George Q. Cannon, for hia separate answer to the complaint herein, denies that he is now, or at the time of the institution institu-tion of this action he was, or that at any time since the 7lh day of December, Decem-ber, 18.34. be has been, an alieu. This defendant admits that on tho 7th day of December, 18.34, W. I. Appleby, the clerk of the First district dis-trict court of said territory, issued under his hand and the seal ef said court a certificate ol citizenship to this defendant, but on information and belief denies that the said clerk afterward or at nil rescinded tlio same. Denies that this defendant well knew, or bad any knowledge whatever what-ever at the time the said certificate was iesued, or at any other time, that the tame was irregular, fraudulent or void, or that the recitations therein contained or nny of them were or are untrue. And the defendant denies that the said certificate is irregular, fraudulent or void, or that tho recitalionr therein contained, or any of them, are untrue, un-true, but, on the contrary, alleges that the same is regular and valid and that the recitations therein are true. Denies that said W. I. Appleby so issued, recorded or delivered said certificate cer-tificate without any authority, there having been no proceeding, juclg-meut, juclg-meut, order, decree or action of said First diatrict court admitting this defendant de-fendant to citizenship, or in any manner authorizing the issuin, recording re-cording or delivering of the said certificate cer-tificate to thisdefendant. Denies that there was no proceeding, proceed-ing, judgment, order, decree or action of said FirBt district court admitting this defendant tocitizenship or authorizing the issuing or delivering of said certificate to him; on the con-; trary. this defendaut alleges the truth to be that on the said 7th dy of December, De-cember, 1S54, he appeared before the said First district court of Utah terri tory, during tbe open aecsion thereof, and made applicalioj to the Baid court to he admitted a citizen of the United States, and that upon the hearing of the said application the said court then and there ordered and adjudged that this defi-udaut be admitted ad-mitted such citizen, whereupon there was then and there in open court administered ad-ministered to, aud taken by this de-fend de-fend au t, an oath to support the constitution con-stitution of tho United States, and renouncing re-nouncing and abjuring all allegiance and fidelity to Victoria, nnn nf Great Britain and Ireland, whose subject he theretolore had been. Tuat in pursuance of tbe said judgmeut and order ol the eaid court, and not otherwise, the said W. I. Appleby, clerk as aforesaid, issued aud delivered deliv-ered the said certificate of naturalization naturaliza-tion to said delendant. And defendant denies that on the said 7th day of December, 1854, and at the time of the issuing of the eaid certificate, he was not under the laws of the Uoited States eligible to naturalization, nat-uralization, or entitled to be natural-ized, natural-ized, and denies that he had not tken resiled for one year last past in the territory of Utah, nor for four years previous thereto in tbe United States. Denies that at Baid last mentioned time he had not resided in the said territory more than thirty days, or that for more than four years, or for any other period, immediately prnvi-ous prnvi-ous thereto, or at any other time he had resided in the Sandwich Inlands; on the contrary defendant alleges that for more than one year next preceding preced-ing tbe 7th day of December, 1854, he bad resided in the said territory of Utah, and that for more than five years next preceding that time he bad resided in the United States, and was at that time eligible and entitled under un-der the laws of the said United Stales to be admitted a citizen '.hereof. Denies that by reason of the premises pre-mises in said complaint stated, or otherwise, the said certificate is irregular, ir-regular, fraudulent or void, or that the recitations therein contained are untrue; and denies that this defendant defend-ant ha-j ever, at any time, wrongfully claimed, exercised, or enjoyed, or that at the Lime of the institution of this action, or at any other lime, or that lie does still, claim, exercise or enjoy the rights of an American citizen by virtue of the said, or any falae, irregular, ir-regular, or fraudulent certificate, but on tbe contrary, this defendant alleges al-leges that he claims to and does exercise and enjoy the rights of an American citizen by virtue of the paid judgment and order of the First district court, and that as such citizen, and by virtue ol bis election thereto he has aud does now hold the office of delegate to congress from said territory, ter-ritory, as of right he may. Wherefore the said defendant prays to be hence dismissed with his cobIs boreiu. Williams &. Young, Attorneys for Defendant, George Q. Caunon. |
