Criminal Laws of the State of Deseret
Passed
January 16, 1851
Sec. 1. Be it ordained by the General
Assembly of the State of Deseret, that if any person or persons shall, with
premeditated intent, unlawfully kill a human being, in this State, they shall
be deemed guilty of murder, and on conviction of the same, before a court
having jurisdiction thereof, shall suffer death.
. . .
Sec. 26. Be it further ordained, that if any
person or persons shall use any means by which an untimely birth of any child
shall be had, or any pregnant woman shall be delivered, by which the death of
one or either may be produced, unless the same shall be proven to have done for the purpose of preserving the life of
the mother, they shall be deemed guilty of murder, and upon conviction thereof,
suffer the penalty as provided in the first section of this ordinance. (Dale L.
Morgan, The State of Deseret [Logan, Utah: Utah State University Press,
1987], 175, 179)
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