Federal Polygamy and Murder Charges Are Brought Against Brigham Young, Head of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints (1871)

Posted on 2020-11-06

Newspaper title:
Maine weekly state press
Date Original;
20 Nov 1871
Date Original: 

Search: 1871-11-20
Page Number: p. 5
Column 5
Size 3 ½ col. in. Publisher Original, Portland, Maine : N.A. Foster & Co.Title: 

The U.S. Court in Utah. Summary: Brigham Young and two other men have been charged for lewd and lascivious cohabitation. Young, and a number of other Latter-day Saint men have also been charged with murder. The court is engaged in a hearing on whether or not to overturn the murder charges against several Mormon men. Subject: Young, Brigham, 1801–1877—Trials, litigation, etc.
Polygamy—Cases—Utah
Trials (Murder)—Utah

Publisher: Digital Harold B. Lee Library, Brigham Young University