Legal Opinion

People v. Feilen

California Supreme Court

Decided July 1, 1881No. 10,613PublishedCited by 16 opinions

Appeal from a judgment of conviction in the Superior Court of Santa Clara County. Belden, J.

1Opinion of the Court 1

Thornton, J.:

The defendant was convicted of bigamy, moved for a new trial, which was denied, and judgment was rendered and entered upon the conviction. This appeal is prosecuted from the order denying a new trial, and from the judgment.

On the trial, testimony of a witness was offered and stated that defendant had admitted to him in 1875 or in 1876 that he had left a wife? with four or five children in Chicago; that she was sick and couldn’t stand a voyage to California. Another witness testified that a person stated to him in 1875, in a conversation had in the presence of defendant, that he…

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2Cited by16 opinions

  1. White v. WhiteCalifornia Supreme Court · 1890
  2. People v. NorcrossCalifornia Court of Appeal · 1925
  3. People v. RossCalifornia Supreme Court · 1894
  4. Rossi v. ZappaterraCalifornia Court of Appeal · 1965
  5. Briggs v. United StatesUnited States Court of Claims · 1950

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