Bryan v. State
Court of Criminal Appeals of Texas
Appeal from the Criminal District Court of Dallas. Tried below before the Hon. W. W. Helms. Appeal from a conviction of bigamy; penalty, two years imprisonment in the penitentiary. The opinion states the case.
1Opinion of the Court
RAMSEY, Judge.
Appellant was charged by indictment in the District Court of Dallas County, Texas, with the offense of bigamy. On trial he was convicted and his punishment assessed at confinement in the penitentiary for a term of two years.
There are many questions raised on the appeal, but in view of the fact that we believe, and hold that the indictment is fatally defective, it becomes unnecessary, if not improper, to discuss them. The charging part of the indictment is as follows: “That one Phillip Bryan on the 22nd day of November, in the year of our Lord Nineteen Hundred and Seven, with…
2Cases cited6 opinions
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- McAfee v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Texas · 1897
- State v. LaBoreSupreme Court of Vermont · 1854
- Vinsant v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Texas · 1901
- Mount v. CommonwealthCourt of Appeals of Kentucky · 1863
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