Legal Opinion
State v. Hughes
Supreme Court of Kansas
Decided July 15, 1886PublishedCited by 32 opinions
Appeal from Shawnee District Court. Prosecution for bigamy. At the September Term, 1885, tlj.e defendant Chasteen Hughes was tried, found guilty, and sentenced to be confined in the penitentiary for one year. He appeals.
1Opinion of the Court
The opinion of the court was delivered by
Johnston, J.:
This is an appeal from a judgment of conviction rendered against the appellant for bigamy. It was alleged in the information that—
“ Chastgen Hughes, at the county of Shawnee, in the state of Kansas aforesaid, and within the jurisdiction of this court, on the 21st day of March, 1885, did then and there unlawfully and feloniously marry one Loretta Cavender, and her, the said Loretta Cavender, then and there had for his wife, and the said Chasteen Hughes then and there being a married person, being then and there married to one Mary Hughes,…
2Cases cited19 opinions
- Miles v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1881
- Dyer v. BrannockSupreme Court of Missouri · 1877
- Cook v. StateSupreme Court of Georgia · 1852
- State v. ArmingtonSupreme Court of Minnesota · 1878
- People v. LambertMichigan Supreme Court · 1858
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3Cited by32 opinions
- United States v. HoweCourt of Appeals for the Second Circuit · 1922
- State v. TillmanSupreme Court of Kansas · 1972
- Matney v. LinnSupreme Court of Kansas · 1898
- People v. PriestleyCalifornia Court of Appeal · 1911
- In re BeckSupreme Court of Kansas · 1901
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