Legal Opinion
Staley v. State
Nebraska Supreme Court
Decided June 26, 1911No. 17,105PublishedCited by 12 opinions
Error to the district court for Lancaster county: Albert J. Cornish, Judge.
1Opinion of the CourtRose, J.
In a prosecution by the state, Alfred T. Staley, defendant, was convicted of bigamy, and for that offense was sentenced to serve a term of one year in the penitentiary. *702As plaintiff in error, he is now seeking a reversal of the judgment against him.
This is defendant’s second conviction for the same offense; the first having been reversed as erroneous. Staley v. State, 87 Neb. 539. A statute declares that a marriage in this state between first cousins is void. Comp. St. 1909, ch. 52, sec. 3. Though that relationship exists between defendant and Hettie Bixler, they were married in Council…
2Cases cited5 opinions
- Willits v. WillitsNebraska Supreme Court · 1906
- State v. GoodenowSupreme Judicial Court of Maine · 1876
- State v. HandNebraska Supreme Court · 1910
- State v. SherwoodSupreme Court of Vermont · 1896
- Staley v. StateNebraska Supreme Court · 1910
3Cited by12 opinions
- United States v. Bernard L. Barker, United States of America v. Eugenio R. MartinezCourt of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit · 1976
- Hopkins v. StateCourt of Appeals of Maryland · 1949
- State v. ThorstadNorth Dakota Supreme Court · 1978
- State v. HendricksonUtah Supreme Court · 1926
- Allen v. AllenNebraska Supreme Court · 1931
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