Legal Opinion

State v. Fitzgerald

Supreme Court of Missouri

Decided April 15, 1882PublishedCited by 9 opinions

Appeal from Gasconade Circuit Court. — Hon. A. J. Seay, Judge.

1Opinion of the CourtHough, J.

The defendant was indicted in the county of Gasconade for the crime of bigamy, charged to have been committed by marrying one Jackson Hughes, who, it is averred, had at the time a lawful wife living. The unlawful marriage is charged to have been contracted in the county of Maries, and the defendant is also charged in the same count with having cohabited with the said Hughes in the county of Gasconade.

1. bigamy: jurisdlci:on' Cohabitation within this State,.by persons unlawfully married, does not of itself constitute the commission of ^ ?rime °f bigamy in the county where such cohabitation…

2Cases cited2 opinions

  1. Ex parte SlaterSupreme Court of Missouri · 1880
  2. State v. GriswoldSupreme Court of Missouri · 1873

3Cited by9 opinions

  1. State v. . CutshallSupreme Court of North Carolina · 1892
  2. State v. . LongSupreme Court of North Carolina · 1907
  3. State v. LongSupreme Court of North Carolina · 1907
  4. State v. . RaySupreme Court of North Carolina · 1909
  5. State v. HansbroughSupreme Court of Missouri · 1904

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