State v. Goulden.
Supreme Court of North Carolina
INDICTMENT against Julius Golden, heard by Judge T. A. McNeill and a jury, at August Term, 1903, of the Superior Court of Rockingham County.
1DissentDouglas, J.
The defendant was indicted, under the Code, sec. 988, for bigamy. The admissions of the defendant were competent to prove the first marriage. S. v. Wylde, 110 N.C. 500; S. v. Melton,120 N.C. 591; 2 McLain Cr. Law, sec. 1083, and cases cited in note 6; 2 Bish. Stat. Cr. (2 Ed.), sec. 610. It was therefore not error to admit evidence that when the defendant, about three weeks before the second marriage, stated his intention to (745) marry, and was charged with the existence of his first wife, he had replied, "I wish I could hear she was dead, so I could be a free man." The defendant stated that…
2Cases cited14 opinions
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