State v. Sweetsir
Supreme Judicial Court of Maine
On Exceptions from Nisi Prius, Danfortii, J., presiding. The presiding Judge overruled the demurrer, and the respondent alleged exceptions. The remaining facts appear in the opinion.
1Opinion of the CourtDickerson, J.
Indictment for polygamy. The indictment was found, and the offence alleged to have been committed in the county of Kennebec. The respondent filed a plea in abatement to the jurisdiction of the Court, alleging that, at the time of the finding of the indictment, he resided in Biddeford in the county of York, and that he was apprehended in said town.
The attorney for the State filed a replication to the plea in abatement, traversing the facts set forth therein, and concluding with an offer to verify the same, and praying judgment, and that the respondent might be held to answer to the indictment.…
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