Corvin v. Commonwealth
Supreme Court of Virginia
Error to a county. judgment of the Circuit Court of Wythe
1Opinion of the CourtPrentis, J.
The accused has been convicted of the crime of bigamy and is here alleging that several errors were committed in the course of the trial.
The fact of his first marriage to Augusta Suit, as well as the fact of his second marriage while she was still living to Zollie Umberger Suit, the divorced wife of L. A. Suit, the brother of Augusta Suit, are both conceded. The defense is based upon the fact that the accused first obtained a decree of divorce from Augusta Suit Corvin, in Barbour county, West Virginia, and he relies upon that decree as a bar to this prosecution.
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