Legal Opinion
State v. . Williams
Supreme Court of North Carolina
Decided April 12, 1944PublishedCited by 41 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
Criminal prosecution tried upon indictment charging the defendants with bigamous cohabitation in violation of G.S., 14-183 (C. S., 4342).
The controlling facts as disclosed by the record are:
1. That the male defendant was married to Carrie Ora Wyke in 1916; that they lived together in Caldwell County, this State, as husband and wife for more than 23 years and reared a family of four children; that they have not lived together since the male defendant deserted his home on 7 May, 1940; that Carrie Ora Wyke Williams had brought no divorce proceeding against her husband at the time of the first…
2Cases cited39 opinions
- United States v. BallSupreme Court of the United States · 1896
- Williams v. North CarolinaSupreme Court of the United States · 1943
- Haddock v. HaddockSupreme Court of the United States · 1906
- Thompson v. WhitmanSupreme Court of the United States · 1874
- Davis v. DavisSupreme Court of the United States · 1938
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3Cited by41 opinions
- State v. SilhanSupreme Court of North Carolina · 1981
- State v. ZunigaSupreme Court of North Carolina · 1987
- Troitino v. GoodmanSupreme Court of North Carolina · 1945
- Hanford v. McSwainSupreme Court of North Carolina · 1949
- State v. RoseSupreme Court of North Carolina · 1990
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