People v. Portman
Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York
Appeal by the defendant, Isaac Portman, from a judgment of the County Court of Kings county, rendered against him on the 13th day of May, 1913, convicting him of the crime of bigamy.
1Opinion of the Court
Jenks, P. J.:
The charge of the indictment is that the defendant in the county of Kings on April 12, 1893, did marry Rachel Siegel. Much of the evidence offered by the People was excluded or was stricken out, but there is the testimony of the brother-in-law of Rachel Siegel that on the evening of that day and year at his home in Passaic, N. J., forty or fifty people were assembled, including the defendant and Rachel Siegel and Rabbi Levinson; that the defendant and Rachel Siegel “ said what they had to say; ” that the witness supposed that “ they were satisfied to get married; ” that Jewish…
2Cases cited10 opinions
- Miles v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1881
- Greenfield v. . People of the State of N.Y.New York Court of Appeals · 1881
- Fleming v. . the PeopleNew York Court of Appeals · 1863
- People v. HumphreyNew York Supreme Court · 1810
- Hecla Powder Co. v. . Sigua Iron Co.New York Court of Appeals · 1899
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3Cited by3 opinions
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