Nelms v. State
Supreme Court of Georgia
Bigamy. Criminal law. Indictment. Evidence. Before Judge John T. Clarke. Early superior court. 'April term, 1889. Reported in the decision.
1Opinion of the Court
Blandford, Justice.
The plaintiff in error was indicted for the offence of bigamy, and found guilty. He moved to arrest the judgment upon the ground that the bill of indictment charged that he intermarried with one Mattie E. Gurr, he then having a lawful wife living, to wit, “- Nelms,” whose given name was not known to the grand jurors. The court overruled this motion, and he excepted. He also objected to the testimony showing the true name of the woman whom he formerly married. The court overruled this objection, and he excepted. He asked for a new trial upon the ground of error in the ruling…
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