In re Lewis

The opinion of the court was delivered by

Mason, J. :

Oscar Lewis was arrested on a warrant issued April 2, 1903, charging him with having, on June 1, 1902, obtained illicit connection, under promise of marriage, with Nellie Meador, she being of good repute and under twenty-one years of age. Upon a preliminary examination he was held to answer the charge. It is shown that on November 27, 1902, he was married to said Nellie Meador, and he now asks his discharge upon habeas corpus on the ground that such marriage is a complete bar to the prosecution. The state claims, and the claim is supported…