People v. Stokes
California Supreme Court
Appeal from a judgment of the Superior Court of Tulare County, and from an order refusing a new trial. The facts are stated in the opinion of the court.
1Opinion of the CourtMcKinstry, J.
The defendant was found guilty of the misdemeanor defined in the first section of “ An act to punish adultery,” which reads: “ Every person who lives in a state of open and notorious cohabitation and adultery is guilty of a misdemeanor, and is punishable,” etc. (Stats. 1871-72, p. 380.)
*264The third section of the act provides: “A recorded certificate of marriage, or a certified copy thereof, there being no decree of divorce, proves the marriage of a person for the purposes of this act.”
At the trial the prosecution called the county recorder of Tulare, the custodian of the records, who read from…
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