State v. Fenn
Washington Supreme Court
Appeal from a judgment of the superior court for Pierce county, Snell, J., entered March 16, 1907, upon sustaining a demurrer to the information, dismissing a prosecution for the crime of bigamy.
1Opinion of the CourtRudkin, J.
An information was filed against the defendant in the court below accusing her of the crime of bigamy. A demurrer to the information was sustained, and the state refusing to plead further, judgment of dismissal was entered, from which the present appeal is prosecuted.
*562The information is in the usual form in such cases and charges a crime, unless it contains matter which if true would constitute a defense to the action. The matter set forth in the information and relied on as a defense is this: the respond-’ ent was lawfully divorced from one Edward Hodges, her then husband, by the superior…
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