Jones v. State

The indictment in this case charged violation of Code, section 11180, in two counts, (1) bigamy and (2) continuing to cohabit with a second wife while legally married to a former wife.' Conviction was had under the second count with a prison sentence of ten years.

It appears that this young man was married in 1936 in Miami, Florida, to Dorris Noreen Bristow. In the fall or winter of 1940 they separated. The wife sought a divorce. In November of that year, she engaged an attorney, Gene Hunter, Coral Gables, Florida, whose standing seems to be conceded, to act for her. He prepared a bill…