Source: 88 U.S. 162. Footnotes added by the Editor are preceded by “Ed. note.” The Chief Justice[1] Delivered the Opinion of the Court The question is presented in this case,
CHIEF JUSTICE WAITE delivered the opinion of the court. . . . As to the defense of religious belief or duty. On the trial, [Reynolds] proved that at the time
CHIEF JUSTICE WAITE delivered the opinion of the court. . . . We have in our political system a government of the United States and a government of each of