State v. Palmer
Supreme Court of Vermont
Indictment for polygamy. The allegations were, that the respondent, “ on the eighth day of July, 1819, at Whitestown, in the ' county of Oneida and state of New York, did marry one Hannah ‘ Parkhurst, and her, the said Hannah, then and there had for his ‘ wife, and to her, the said Hannah, then and there was married, ‘ and that the said William Palmer, afterwards, to wit, at Littleton, ' in the county of Grafton, and State of New Hampshire, on the ‘sixth day of May, 1843,…
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Indictment for polygamy. The allegations were, that the respondent, “ on the eighth day of July, 1819, at Whitestown, in the ' county of Oneida and state of New York, did marry one Hannah ‘ Parkhurst, and her, the said Hannah, then and there had for his ‘ wife, and to her, the said Hannah, then and there was married, ‘ and that the said William Palmer, afterwards, to wit, at Littleton, ' in the county of Grafton, and State of New Hampshire, on the ‘sixth day of May, 1843, did marry and to wife did take one Jane ‘ Cheney, and to her, the said Jane Cheney, then and there was ‘ married, — the…
1Opinion of the Court
The opinion of the court was delivered by
Williams, Ch. J.
The indictment, in this case, charges, that the respondent, on the nineteenth of July, 1819, married one Hannah Parkhurst, at Whitestown, in the state of New York, and that he afterwards, at Littleton, in the state of New Hampshire, on the sixth of May, 1843, married one Jane Cheney, and that he continued to cohabit with the latter woman, in this state, to the time of finding the indictment, — his first wife being then and still living. The .respondent was found guilty and filed a motion in arrest of judgment.
*573We are of opinion, that the…
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