Walker v. State

HARPER, Judge.

Appellant was indicted by the grand jury of Dallas County, charged with the offense of bigamy, and when tried, was adjudged guilty and his punishment assessed at two years and six months in the penitentiary, from which judgment he has prosecuted an appeal to this court.

The court did not err in overruling the motion to quash the indictment, as it charged an offense under our law, defining bigamy. Bryan v. State, 63 Texas Crim. Rep., 200, 139 S. W. Rep., 981.

The State introduced certified copies of the laws of Alabama, relating to the celebration of the rites of matrimony, which…