Sokel v. People

Plaintiff in error was convicted in the criminal court of Cook county of the crime of bigamy upon an indictment charging that in the year 1885, in Safed, in Palestine, in the empire of Turkey, he lawfully married one Esther Schocherts, and afterward, on March 9, 1901, in the city of New York, while the said Esther was still living, unlawfully married Rachel Schur.

By the assignment of errors the correctness of various rulings during the trial is questioned, as well as the sufficiency of the evidence to warrant a conviction. The points upon which plaintiff in error relies are very fully…