Legal Opinion
Teston v. State
Supreme Court of Florida
Decided November 4, 1913PublishedCited by 61 opinions
Writ of error to Criminal Court of Eecord, Hillsborough County; Lee J. Gibson, Judge.
1Opinion of the CourtShackleford, C. J.
Amos C. Teston and Mattie Bridges were tried and convicted upon an information charging that they “did then and there live and continue to cohabit with one another as husband and wife, and he, the said Amos C. Teston, did then and there have a lawful wife living.”
Each of the defendants filed a motion to quash the information on various and sundry grounds and also filed a joint motion in arrest of judgment, all- of which motions were denied. The information was presumably founded upon Section 3526 of the General Statutes of Florida, which reads as follows:
“Whoever, having a former husband or…
2Cases cited4 opinions
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3Cited by61 opinions
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