Legal Opinion
State v. Long
New York Court of General Session of the Peace
Decided March 10, 1948PublishedCited by 6 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
Terry, J.:
The defendant, William F. Long, was convicted at the November Term for having violated the provisions of Paragraph 5254 of the Revised Code of Delaware 1935. The pertinent language thereof being, “Whoever, having contracted marriage, shall, in the lifetime of his or her husband or wife, marry with another person * * * he or she shall be deemed guilty of bigamy.”
Upon the announcement of the verdict the defendant moved for an arrest of judgment and a new trial. Of the reasons filed we find but three that merits our consideration.
1. That we erred in refusing to direct a verdict of not…
2Cases cited15 opinions
- State v. ArmingtonSupreme Court of Minnesota · 1878
- State v. ZichfeldNevada Supreme Court · 1896
- Squire v. StateIndiana Supreme Court · 1874
- Ainscow v. AlexanderOrphan's Court of Delaware · 1944
- Eldredge v. EldredgeSuperior Court of Pennsylvania · 1937
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3Cited by6 opinions
- State v. NajjarNew Jersey Superior Court Appellate Division · 1949
- Allan Wayne Morton v. The United StatesCourt of Appeals for the Federal Circuit · 1983
- State v. De MeoSupreme Court of New Jersey · 1955
- Allan Wayne Morton v. The United StatesCourt of Appeals for the Federal Circuit · 1983
- Pompei v. Zoning Hearing Board, Pennsylvania Court of Common Pleas, Delaware County1972
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