State v. Martinez

Appellant was convicted upon an information charging the crime of bigamy, alleged to have been committed by marrying one Mary G. Prosper in Coeur d’Alene on October 1, 1923, he having a wife, one Hazel Butler, whom he married in Spokane, Washington, on May 19, 1923, who was living and undivorced at the time of the second marriage. This appeal is from the judgment and an order denying a motion for a new trial.

Appellant’s first assignment of error is:

“That the verdict of the jury is contrary to the law in this: That the crime of bigamy is unknown to the law' of the State of Idaho, and that, if…