People v. Slack
Michigan Supreme Court
Error to Kalamazoo Circuit. The defendant was tried and convicted upon an information for bigamy. The facts and the exceptions to the ruling of the court are stated in the opinion. I. There is but one question for consideration in this case, to wit: "Was" the said charge of the court a true reflection of the object of Sec. 3223, Comp. Laws, (considered in connection with Secs. 3224 and 3255, Comp.
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Error to Kalamazoo Circuit. The defendant was tried and convicted upon an information for bigamy. The facts and the exceptions to the ruling of the court are stated in the opinion. I. There is but one question for consideration in this case, to wit: "Was" the said charge of the court a true reflection of the object of Sec. 3223, Comp. Laws, (considered in connection with Secs. 3224 and 3255, Comp. Laws,) as applied to this case? We think it was, and hold that to warrant a different charge, or to constitute such a separation as is contemplated by said Sec. 3223, it must affirmatively appear,…
1Opinion of the Court
Cooley J.
The defendant was informed against in the court below for bigamy. It was admitted by him on the trial that on the 29th day of May, 1864, he intermarried with one Electa A. Ogden, at Oshtemo, in this state, who was at the time under the age of sixteen years, and that before she arrived at that age she and the said defendant separated, and that they have not, since such separation, cohabited; and that said defendant, claiming such marriage to be void, afterwards, on the 4th day of November, 1865, was again married to one Auleda Beecher — the said Electa being then living. Upon this…
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