Legal Opinion

State v. Sanders

Supreme Court of Iowa

Decided January 27, 1870PublishedCited by 19 opinions

Appeal from Keokuk District Court. Defendant was indicted and convicted of adultery, and sentenced to confinement in the penitentiary for one year. He appeals to this court. The fact necessary for an understanding of the points ruled appear in the opinion.

1Opinion of the CourtBeck, J.

i t<»yproojfof marriage. I. The indictment upon which defendant was convicted charges the offense in two counts. Tbe first alleges that be, at tbe time of tbe commission of the act, was a married man; tbe second avers his marriage, and that tbe woman, with whom tbe adultery was committed, was at tbe time also married. TJpon tbe trial evidence was given of defendant’s admission of bis marriage, and also that be and tbe woman, to whom it is claimed be was married, lived together as man and wife. Tbe court instructed tbe jury that “ testimony of eye-witnesses to tbe celebration of tbe marriage,…

2Cases cited3 opinions

  1. Cook v. StateSupreme Court of Georgia · 1852
  2. State v. RothSupreme Court of Iowa · 1864
  3. Cameron v. StateSupreme Court of Alabama · 1848

3Cited by19 opinions

  1. State v. HurdSupreme Court of Iowa · 1897
  2. State v. DonovanSupreme Court of Iowa · 1883
  3. State v. RockerSupreme Court of Iowa · 1906
  4. Signs v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Oklahoma · 1926
  5. State v. ChambersSupreme Court of Iowa · 1893

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