State v. Kean
Superior Court of New Hampshire
Indictment for bigamy. A witness on the part of the state testified that the defendant, at Cornish, in the comity of York, and state of Maine, on the 12th of November, 1820, was, in presence of the witness, married to Olive McKusic, by one Timothy Remick, a resident in the town of Cornish and state of Maine, and who long before and ever since has officiated as a minister at said Cornish.
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Indictment for bigamy. A witness on the part of the state testified that the defendant, at Cornish, in the comity of York, and state of Maine, on the 12th of November, 1820, was, in presence of the witness, married to Olive McKusic, by one Timothy Remick, a resident in the town of Cornish and state of Maine, and who long before and ever since has officiated as a minister at said Cornish. The witness further testified that said Remick officiated as a clergyman at the marriage of the witness, and that he, the witness, had also been present at several other marriages where the marriage ceremony…
1Opinion of the CourtUpham, J.
The evidence offered to show the first marriage of the respondent was by a witness who was present at the time of the marriage, and who testified that it was solemnized at Cornish, in the state of Maine, and that the settled minister of Cornish officiated in the services on that occasion. The witness testified that the same clergyman officiated in the marriage services of the witness, and that he had also been present at several other marriages at Cornish, when the marriage ceremony was performed by him. There was farther evidence showing a cohabitation of some years subsequent to this…
2Cases cited4 opinions
- People v. HumphreyNew York Supreme Court · 1810
- Commonwealth v. NorcrossMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1813
- Commonwealth v. LittlejohnMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1818
- Inhabitants of Newburyport v. Inhabitants of BoothbayMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1812
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- State v. WinkleySuperior Court of New Hampshire · 1843
- Dunbarton v. FranklinSuperior Court of New Hampshire · 1848