Burton v. State

HBNDEBSON, Judge.

Appellant was convicted of. bigamy; and appeals. The facts briefly stated tend to show on the part of the State that appellant, who lived at or near Fort Worth, was at the time buying cotton at Dublin in Brath County, and while there married a young lady living at that point; it being further shown that he then, had a wife living at his home near Fort Worth, whom he had married in the year 1896. The defense depended on the weakness of the State’s case, and also set up insanity. The proof on this subject showed that appellant was subject to fits of some character, which began…