People v. Kelly

WHITE, J. —

Defendant, under the name of Jack Sinclair, was charged with the crime of bigamy, in that he “did knowingly, willfully and feloniously marry one Virginia Roszkowski, said defendant being then and there the lawful husband of another person, to-wit, Louise J. Sinclair, ... ”, A trial before a jury resulted in a verdict of guilty, whereupon, it appears, defendant for the first time disclosed to his counsel that prior to his marriage to Louise J. Sinclair he had been lawfully married to one Ella Miller, but had not heard from her for more than five years prior to his marriage to…