Sikes v. State
Supreme Court of Arkansas
APPEAL from Benton Circuit Court. Hon. J. M. Pittman, Circuit Judge. By appellant. In support of demurrer: First — The indictment fails to charge that he was a regularly ordained minister of the gospel of any religious denomination authorized to solemnize marriage.
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APPEAL from Benton Circuit Court. Hon. J. M. Pittman, Circuit Judge. By appellant. In support of demurrer: First — The indictment fails to charge that he was a regularly ordained minister of the gospel of any religious denomination authorized to solemnize marriage. Gantt’s Digest, secs. 4178 and 4179; also State v. Willis, 9 Ark, p. 196. Second — The indictment omits the word “ years,” in describing the age of the female married. 6 Ark., p. 165. Omits to state that her parents were residents of this State. Gantt’s Digest, 4186. The court erred in permitting evidence on any other point than…
1Opinion of the Court
English, Ch. J.:
There were two counts in the indictment in this case.
The first count charged that “the defendant, J. W. Sikes, being a minister of the Gospel, in said county (of Benton), on the 10th day of March, 1875, unlawfully did solemnize a marriage contract between one Hayden Looney and Cora A. Taliaferro. She, the said Cora A. Taliaferro, then and there being a minor over the age of seventeen and under the age of eighteen, without first obtaining the consent of the parents of her the said Cora A. Taliaferro, the parents of her the said Cora A. Taliaferro then and there being residents…
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