Pontier v. State
Court of Appeals of Maryland
Appeal from the Circuit Court for Harford County (Van Bibber, J.)
1Opinion of the CourtSchmucker, J.
The appellant was indicted for bigamy, under section 19 of Article 27 of the Code of Public General Laws at the September Term, 1907, of the Circuit Court for Harford County. He was convicted of the offense charged at the same term and having been sentenced to five years in the penitentiary he took the present appeal.
The indictment charges that Charles J. Pontier married Mary Paul Ponder in the State of New Jersey on the 18th of August, 1899, and that on the 22nd of April, 1906, while she was alive and he was still her husband he married another woman called in the indictment Helen R. Pontier…
2Cases cited12 opinions
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- State v. GoodrichWest Virginia Supreme Court · 1878
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