| Show GENERAL 4 1 ON oni ALIMONY ATTORNEY general pier pierpont pont in lils bis annual report is represented in tho the eastern paper as speaking in this way file attorney general reviews the difficulties which have arisen iii ill the U B S courts in the territory of utah from polygamous marriages agea giving a de detailed account of brigham yol Yoi ings alimony case lie he says it is superfluous to comment on tile the legal confusion and inconceivable mischief which must follow the sanction of polygamous marriages marri ages agea by the courts of tile the U 6 8 if the nineteenth concubine of a man mail having a lawful wife is to be treated by courts as a lawful wife for the purpose of giving her alimony lin ony and counsel fees pen dente I 1 lite then the offspring of duch quell illicit intercourse must be regarded as legitimate for some time and the courts ef of the united states will thus give countenance to the social system corrupting to the principles of the christian religion and never yet permitted by liny tiny christian religion it I 1 id for congress to deal with this question and to decide whether mu much ch belay delay will not increase the d ties 1 |
