State v. Gallagher

The defendant was indicted for bigamy under Pub. Stat. R. I. cap. 244, § 1, which reads as follows : “ Every person who shall be convicted of being married to another, or of cohabiting with another as husband and wife, having at the time a former husband or wife living,' shall be imprisoned not exceeding five years, nór less than one year, or be fined not exceeding one thousand dollars : Provided, .that this shall not extend to any person whose husband or wife shall be continually remaining without the limits of this State for the space of seven years together, the party being married after…