Legal Opinion

State v. . Herron

Supreme Court of North Carolina

Decided December 22, 1917PublishedCited by 21 opinions

Appeal by defendant from Lane, J., at July Term, 1917, of BuNCOMBE.

1Opinion of the Court

The defendant was convicted for the violation of the following paragraph which was inserted as an amendment in Revisal, 3361, by chapter 26, Laws 1913: "If any person, being married, shall contract a marriage with any other person outside of this State, which marriage would be punishable as bigamous if contracted within this State, and shall thereafter cohabit with such person in this State, he shall be guilty of a felony and punishable as in cases of bigamy."

On the trial the defendant admitted that he was first married to Lizzie V. Hunsucker in this State, who is still living, and that he…

2Cases cited15 opinions

  1. Thompson v. WhitmanSupreme Court of the United States · 1874
  2. Andrews v. AndrewsSupreme Court of the United States · 1903
  3. Bell v. BellSupreme Court of the United States · 1901
  4. McKinnon v. . MorrisonSupreme Court of North Carolina · 1889
  5. Streitwolf v. StreitwolfSupreme Court of the United States · 1901

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3Cited by21 opinions

  1. Williams v. North CarolinaSupreme Court of the United States · 1943
  2. State v. . WilliamsSupreme Court of North Carolina · 1944
  3. State v. WilliamsSupreme Court of North Carolina · 1944
  4. Pridgen v. . PridgenSupreme Court of North Carolina · 1932
  5. State v. . JonesSupreme Court of North Carolina · 1946

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