Legal Opinion
Schell v. People
Supreme Court of Colorado
Decided April 15, 1918No. 9089PublishedCited by 14 opinions
Error to Denver District Court, Hon. William D. Wright, Judge.
1Opinion of the Court
Opinion by
Mr. Justice Allen.
The plaintiff in error, hereinafter designated the defendant, was charged with and convicted of the crime of bigamy under section 1766 R. S. 1908 (Sec. 1894 Mills Ann. Sts. 1912).
Eliminating clauses of the section above cited which are not material to any question presented by the record, the section reads as follows:
“Bigamy consists in the having of two wives or two husbands at one and the same time, knowing that the former husband or wife is still alive. If any person or persons within this state, being married, or who shall hereafter marry, do at any time marry…
2Cases cited11 opinions
- Hills v. StateNebraska Supreme Court · 1901
- Dill v. PeopleSupreme Court of Colorado · 1894
- Commonwealth v. HaydenMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1895
- State v. SloanSupreme Court of Iowa · 1880
- Bergdahl v. PeopleSupreme Court of Colorado · 1900
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3Cited by14 opinions
- O'Loughlin v. PeopleSupreme Court of Colorado · 1932
- Wilkinson v. PeopleSupreme Court of Colorado · 1929
- Chamberlain v. StateWyoming Supreme Court · 1960
- Cargill v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Oklahoma · 1923
- People v. CorbettSupreme Court of Colorado · 1983
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