Legal Opinion

Bell v. State

Court of Criminal Appeals of Texas

Decided December 13, 1944No. 22981PublishedCited by 1 opinion

The opinion states the case.

1Opinion of the Court

GRAVES, Judge.

The offense charged being bigamy, and a punishment assessed at two years in the penitentiary.

Bill of Exceptions No. 1 is concerned with the introduction of a certified copy of the marriage license and return thereon showing the uniting in marriage of Mr. Walter Bell and Miss Lena Mae Hewitt on July 13, 1939, the main objection thereto being because it was not therein shown that Walter Bell and appellant were one and the same persons. It is shown by the sister of Lena Hewitt Bell that the man who married Lena Mae Hewitt on the 13th day of July, 1939, and the appellant were the…

2Cases cited6 opinions

  1. Burton v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Texas · 1907
  2. Arseneau v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Texas · 1943
  3. Barra v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Texas · 1906
  4. Ahlberg v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Texas · 1920
  5. Waldrop v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Texas · 1899

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3Cited by1 opinion

  1. Smith v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Texas · 1969

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