Edwards v. State

KRUEGER, Judge.

The offense is bigamy. The punishment assessed is confinement in the State penitentiary for a term of two years.

It was charged in the indictment that on or about the 24th day of June, A. D., 1939, in the County of Somervell and State of Texas, John L. Edwards, Jr., alias John L. Evans, did unlawfully marry Vada Rogers he, the said John L. Edwards, Jr., alias John L. Evans, then and there having a former wife, to-wit: Drucilla Lee Edwards, then living.

Upon the trial is was conclusively shown by the State’s testimony that on the 24th day of December, 1929, the appellant obtained…