State v. Oaks

Conrad, J.,

delivering the opinion of the Court;

The evidence as produced by the State showed that Francis L. Oaks was married to the prosecuting witness, on December 16, 1880, by an Alderman in the city of Chester, Pennsylvania, whose authority to perform the marriage was admitted. At that time the prosecuting witness was known as Hannah M. Yerkes. It was shown that Hannah M. Yerkes lived with one Edwin Yerkes for a period covering several years, during which time she bore at least four children by him, and was recognized and introduced as his wife. It was while so living with him or about the…