McDonald v. State

KRUEGER, Judge.

The offense is bigamy. The punishment assessed is confinement in the state penitentiary for a term of five years.

The State’s testimony, briefly stated, shows that appellant was legally married to Miss Eula Mae Crisp in Menard County, Texas, in the year 1937. That thereafter on the 19th day of November, 1938, he obtained a marriage license from the county clerk of Coleman County and married Miss Roberta Belle Young. Both of said marriage licenses were duly returned and recorded by the clerks of the respective counties from which they were issued. The persons who performed the…