Frasher v. State
Court of Appeals of Texas
Appeal from the District Court of Gregg. Tried below before the Hon. M. H. Bonner. The opinion of the court fully discloses all material facts. The verdict and judgment awarded the appellant four years in the penitentiary.
1Opinion of the CourtEctor, P. J.
The indictment in this case charges that on March 18, A. D. 1875, in the county of Gregg and state aforesaid, one Charles Frasher, late of the said county, be*265ing then and there a white man, did then and there unlawfully, knowingly, and feloniously marry a negro, contrary to the form of the statute in such cases made and provided, and against the peace and dignity of the state.
The indictment is based upon article 386 of our Criminal Code (Pasc. Dig., art. 2016), which reads as follows:
“ Art. 2016. If any white person shall, within this state, knowingly marry a negro, or a person of mixed blood…
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