People v. Beevers
California Supreme Court
Appeal from a judgment of the Superior Court of Fresno County, and from an order denying a new trial. The facts are stated in the opinion of the court.
1Opinion of the CourtGaroutte, J.
Appellant Beevers was convicted of bigamy, and now prosecutes an appeal to this court from the judgment and order denying his motion for a new trial. It is insisted that the evidence is insufficient to justify the verdict.
Beevers, being of the age of twenty years, and Lou Jacobs, being of the age of fourteen years, desirous of marrying, eloped from Hollister, San Benito County, and went to the town of Monterey for the purpose of being married upon the high seas, this course being adopted with a view of escaping the difficulties to marriage presented by the girl’s tender years. Upon their…
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