Sec.  288.  In  any  prosecution  for  bigamy,  polygamy,  or  unlawful
cohabitation,  under  any  statute  of  the  United  States,  it  shall  be  a  suffi-
cient cause  of  challenge  to  any  person  drawn  or  summoned  as  a  juror
or  talesman —

First,  that  he  is  or  has  been  living  in  the  practice  of  bigamy,  polyg-
amy, or  unlawful  cohabitation  with  more  than  one  woman,  or  that
he  is  or  has  been  guilty  of  an  offense  punishable  either  by  sections  one
or  three  of  an  Act  entitled  "  An  Act  to  amend  section  fifty-three
hundred  and  fifty-two  of  the  Revised  Statutes  of  the  United  States^
in  reference  to  bigamy,  and  for  other  purposes,"  approved  March
twenty-second,  eighteen  hundred  and  eighty-two,  or  by  section  fifty-
three  hundred  and  fifty-two  of  the  Revised  Statutes  of  the  United
States,  or  the  Act  of  July  first,  eighteen  hundred  and  sixty-two,
entitled  "  An  Act  to  punish  and  prevent  the  practice  of  polygamy
in  the  Territories  of  the  United  States  and  other  places,  and  disap-
proving and  annulling  certain  Acts  of  the  legislative  assembly  of  the
Territory  of  Utah  ";  or

Second,  that  he  believes  it  right  for  a  man  to  have  more  than  one
living  and  undivorced  wife  at  the  same  time,  or  to  live  in  the  practice
of  cohabiting  with  more  than  one  woman.
Any  person  appearing  or  offered  as  a  juror  or  talesman,  and  chal-
lenged on  either  of  the  foregoing  grounds,  may  be  questioned  on  his
oath  as  to  the  existence  of  any  such  cause  of  challenge;  and  other
evidence  may  be  introduced  bearing  upon  the  question  raised  by  sueb
challenge;  and  this  question  shall  be  tried  by  the  court.
