Legal Opinion
Ford v. State
Arizona Supreme Court
Decided November 3, 1920No. Criminal No. 484PublishedCited by 5 opinions
APPEAL from a judgment of the Superior Court of the County of Cochise. Alfred C. Lockwood, Judge.
1Opinion of the CourtCunningham, C. J.
The defendant demurred to the information, and the court overruled the same. The appellant assigns error, alleging that the infor*569mation failed to allege the time and place of the first marriage, and that it failed to allege facts sufficient to show that any valid second marriage could have been performed or entered into.
The statute defines bigamy as follows:
“275. Every person having a husband or wife living, who marries any other person except in the cases specified in the next section, is guilty of bigamy.”
This statute is identical in wording with Penal Code of California, section 281. This…
2Cases cited13 opinions
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- State v. AbbeySupreme Court of Vermont · 1856
- State v. HughesSupreme Court of Kansas · 1886
- State v. HughesSupreme Court of Iowa · 1882
- People v. PriestleyCalifornia Court of Appeal · 1911
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3Cited by5 opinions
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- Rea v. FornanOhio Court of Appeals · 1942