| Show the EDMUND TUCKER law passed in 1887 applied to all of abo territories in tha case of bigamy polygamy or adultery and the laws of ho territories on this subject were repealed now that Dekota has been admitted iu tho union as states it is claimed that there is no law in either north or south bears on these important questions of juria prudence last week a peculiar caso was brought up babore judge AIKES of sioux falls city south dekota it came up on a writ of habeas corpus io tho caso 0 tho state 0 south dakota versus ELINOR SEAMAN who la charged with adultery the attorney for MRS raised the novel point that there was no law for the crime of adultery in south dakota and gave as his reason that the penal code of dakota territory adopted in 1887 defined the crime of adultery and provided punishment on march 3 1887 congress enacted a law do lining the crime and providing for a different punishment this law was intended for utah but was general in its application and applied to dakota as well as utah the passage of this act necessarily repealed tho territorial statute on tho subject andge AIKES considered tho point as made by the attorney to be good law and dismissed the defendant this de cisick is creating considerable interest as there is a number of other cases which are effected by it |
