People v. Spoor
Illinois Supreme Court
Writ oe Error to the Circuit Court of Sangamon county; the Hon. R. B. Shirley., Judge, presiding.
1Opinion of the CourtJustice Carter
Plaintiff in error was found guilty of bigamy in the circuit court of Sangamon county and sentenced to the penitentiary. He was married November 16, 1903, at the age of eighteen, with the consent of his parents, to Sarah Stanton, aged nineteen. They lived together in Springfield, Illinois, for several months, when they separated, the wife going to Peoria and the husband to Missouri. After working as a teamster and farm hand at various places he returned to Springfield about three months later and worked in a coal mine. August 26, 1906, he was married to Grace Watts. Both marriages were…
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