Allen v. State

Allen was charged with bigamy, in that, having a lawful wife, Mrs. A. M. Allen, he did intermarry with one Fanny Avery, knowing at the time he did so that Mrs. A. M. Allen was in life. There was sufficient evidence to support the facts alleged in the indictment, and, in fact, the defendant admitted all the facts alleged therein. The person with whom he entered into the second marriage, however, testified that at the time of her marriage with him she had a husband in life, then living in South Carolina, and from whom she was not divorced. Hpon this testimony the whole groundwork of the defense…