State v. Zichfeld
Nevada Supreme Court
Appeal from the District Court of the State of Nevada, Washoe county; A. E. Cheney, District Judge: C. H. Zichfeld was convicted of bigamy, and appeals. The facts sufficiently appear in the opinion.
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Appeal from the District Court of the State of Nevada, Washoe county; A. E. Cheney, District Judge: C. H. Zichfeld was convicted of bigamy, and appeals. The facts sufficiently appear in the opinion. I. Under our law no person, other than a minister of any religious society or congregation within this state who has obtained a license for that purpose, or any judge of the district court in his district, or justice of the peace in his county, is authorized to join persons together as husband and wife. (Gen. Stats. 473, 481, 486.) II. That the legislature of the state of Nevada did not intend to…
1Opinion of the Court
By the Court,
Bonnifield, J.:
The appellant was convicted in the district court of the second judicial district, in and for Washoe county, of the crime of bigamy, and appeals from the judgment of the court and order denying his motion for new trial. The following facts are not disputed: In the year 1893 in said county the appellant was married to Sophia Koser by written contract, without the services of any of the persons authorized by the statute to join persons in marriage, or to solemnize marriage. Subsequently, and in 1895, the parties separated by mutual consent and the appellant, while he…
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