People v. Corbett
Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York
Appeal from judgment convicting defendant of bigamy. The defendant was indicted by the grand jury of the county of Oneida in October, 1899. It is alleged in the indictment that the defendant on the 16th day of October, 1889, married one Sarah Y. Hayden at the city of Dayton, in the state of Ohio, and that while she was living and his lawful wife, and on the 15th day of December, 1897, at the village of Boonville, in the county of Oneida and state of Hew York, he wrongfully,…
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Appeal from judgment convicting defendant of bigamy. The defendant was indicted by the grand jury of the county of Oneida in October, 1899. It is alleged in the indictment that the defendant on the 16th day of October, 1889, married one Sarah Y. Hayden at the city of Dayton, in the state of Ohio, and that while she was living and his lawful wife, and on the 15th day of December, 1897, at the village of Boonville, in the county of Oneida and state of Hew York, he wrongfully, unlawfully, and feloniously married one Ida L. Cook, contrary to the form of the statute in such case made and provided.…
1Opinion of the CourtMcLENNAN, J.
The evidence given on behalf of the people tends to prove that in October, 1889, the defendant married *533one Sarah V. Hayden in the state of Ohio, and that while she was living, and without having obtained a divorce from her, he married one Ida L. Cook in the state of Hew York. The defendant, who was called as a witness in his own behalf, denied that he married Sarah V. Hayden in the state of Ohio, as alleged in the indictment, or at any other time or place. He also gave evidence which tends to show that prior to the year 1881 he married one Sarah Blois at the village of Wakefield, in the state…
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