State v. Bittick
Supreme Court of Missouri
Appeal from Callaway Circuit Court. — Hon. John A. Hookadax, Judge. (1) The parties to the marriage, being of competent ages — the female over twelve, and the male over fourteen, and having, in the presence of a large number of witnesses, agreed to become man and wife, cohabited as such, held themselves out to • the world as man and wife, and were so known and recognized, are, and were, in law, legally married, and such marriage was, and is, legal and valid.
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Appeal from Callaway Circuit Court. — Hon. John A. Hookadax, Judge. (1) The parties to the marriage, being of competent ages — the female over twelve, and the male over fourteen, and having, in the presence of a large number of witnesses, agreed to become man and wife, cohabited as such, held themselves out to • the world as man and wife, and were so known and recognized, are, and were, in law, legally married, and such marriage was, and is, legal and valid. Dyer v. Brannock, 66 Mo. 39l; Milton’s Paradise Lost; Bracton, b. 1, p. 4, ch. 5, sec. 17; Swinburne on Espousals, p. 198; Taylor, Civil…
1Opinion of the CourtThomas, J.
The defendant was indicted and convicted in the Callaway circuit court for taking away Bertha A. L. Bice, a female under eighteen years of age, from Sarah Rhine, her mother, who had the legal charge of her, for the purpose of concubinage, and was. sentenced to imprisonment in the penitentiary for a term of two years. From this sentence he has taken his appeal to this court. The record shows that the defendant was a widower, with six children, and according to the finding of the jury Bertha A. L. Bice was under eighteen years of age. She lived with her mother, who was a widow.
The mother…
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