Edwards v. State
Court of Criminal Appeals of Texas
The opinion states the case.
1Opinion of the Court
HARPER, Judge.
Appellant was prosecuted and convicted of bigamy, his punishment being assessed at two years confinement in the penitentiary.
In the first bill of exceptions it is shown that appellant moved to quash the indictment on the ground that Mrs. Nora Edwards, who was alleged to be the first wife of defendant, was permitted to testify before the grand jury. It has been so often held that the courts will not inquire into the character of testimony, nor the quantum of proof had before the grand jury, we do not deem it necessary to discuss this question. Morrison v. State, 41 Texas, 516;…
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