The principle, the only one that beats and throbs through the heart of the entire inhabitants of this Territory, is simply this: The man who seduces his neighbors wife must die, and her nearest relative must kill him!
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- George A. Smith (Apostle)
1851, Journal of Discourses 1:97, Plea of George A. Smith, Esq., on the Trial of Howard Egan for the Murder of James Monroe