White v. State

This appeal is- from a conviction of the crime of bigamy. The appellant requested a peremptory instruction in the court below on two grounds: (1) That the evidence on behalf of the State was insufficient to establish beyond a reasonable doubt the existence of a valid former marriage, either ceremonial or at common law. (2) That the State failed to prove that the former spouse was alive at the time when the alleged bigamous marriage was celebrated. As will hereinafter appear, it is only necessary that we notice the second ground assigned.

It was shown that the appellant and Mrs. Evelyn White,…