State v. Nadal
Supreme Court of Iowa
Appeal from Madison District Gourt. Defendant was indicted for bigamy, and, upon conviction, was sentenced to tlie penitentiary for two years and six months. lie now appeals to this court.
1Opinion of the CourtBeck, J.
I. The objections to the judgment of conviction complained of by defendant will be considered in the order of their discussion in the printed arguments of counsel.
*4801. bigamy; otK slate! cohabitation in lowa. *479The statute defining the crime of bigamy (Code, § 4d09) *480is in the following language: “If any person who has a former husband or wife living marry another person, or continue to cohabit with such second , , husband or wile m this state, he or she * * * is guilty of bigamy.”
The district court, in substance, instructed the jury that if defendant and Mrs. Loftus, the woman with whom he…
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