State v. Pendleton

The opinion of the court was delivered by

Mason, J. :

James N. Pendleton was convicted of bigamy and appeals. The first assignment of error argued is based upon the admission in evidence of a paper purporting to be a marriage license issued in 1896 by the recorder of Worth county, Missouri, authorizing the marriage of Rachel Dry to defendant. The Missouri statutes showing the' recorder .to be the proper officer to issue marriage licenses were in evidence. It appears that the paper also contained a return or certificate of marriage, but all of the contents except the license proper were excluded…