State v. Perkins

ROGERS, Justice.

The defendant was charged in a bill of information with the crime of bigamy. The first count of the bill alleged that the defendant married one Gertie Ann Hebert on October 15, 1928; he being, at that time, the lawful husband, not divorced, of one Lorena Lee. The second count negatived prescription.

Defendant filed a plea that, contrary to the averment of the second count of the bill his prosecution was prescribed. As the basis for the plea, defendant alleged that the act charged had been brought to the attention of the district attorney more than one year pri- or to the date…