People v. Broughton

The respondent was convicted of adultery with one Adele A. Teeple, wife of Isaac J. Teeple-. Proof of the marriage was made out by the husband’s oath and by a recorded marriage certificate. As the two together identified the parties and there was an admission in open court of the fact by defendant, we see no special import*340anee in the objection. raised to the certificate, which was admissible, although possibly not sufficient by itself in a criminal case without some identification of parties.

Neither do' we think it was improper to prove a divorce by the introduction of the entire chancery…