Legal Opinion
Williams v. North Carolina
Supreme Court of the United States
Decided January 4, 1943No. 29PublishedCited by 957 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtJustice Douglas
Petitioners were tried and convicted of bigamous cohabitation under § 4342 of the North Carolina Code,1 1939, and each was sentenced for a term of years to a state prison. The judgment of conviction was affirmed by the Supreme Court of North Carolina. 220 N. C. 445, 17 S. E. 2d 769. The case is here on certiorari.
Petitioner Williams was married to Carrie Wyke in 1916 in North Carolina and lived with her there until May, 1940. Petitioner Hendrix was married to Thomas Hendrix in 1920 in North Carolina and lived with him there until May, 1940. At that time petitioners went to Las Vegas, Nevada,…
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