State v. Matlock

I. It appears from tbe evidence that tbe defendant was married to one Susan Worth, in Union county, in tbis state, and that tliere were two children, tbe issue of this marriage. Afterwards tbe defendant, under tbe name of William Jones, married a woman named Emma Houston. A short time after the second marriage tbis prosecution was commenced against him. Tbe evidence clearly identified tbe defendant as a party to both marriages, and no claim is made that tbe first marriage bad been annulled when tbe second marriage took place. Tbe evidence identifying tbe defendant is so conclusive that we do…