McAfee v. State

HEHDERSOH, Judge.

Appellant was convicted of bigamy, and her punishment assessed at two years in the penitentiary, and she prosecutes this appeal.

The only question that needs to be discussed is with reference to the indictment, the charging part of which is as follows: “That one Mrs. Celeste McAfee, in the county of Tarrant and State of Texas, on the 10th day of February, 1897, did unlawfully marry Carl Beaumon, she, the said Mrs. Celeste McAfee, then and there having a husband then living,” etc. Appellant insists that this indictment charges no offense; that is, it fails to allege a prior…