State v. Goodrich
West Virginia Supreme Court
The circuit court of Harrison county, on the 10th day of June, 1878, rendered judgment against Theodore S-Goodrich on an indictment against him for bigamy. This is a writ of error, granted on the petition of said Goodrich, to the judgment of said court then rendered, Hon. A. B. Fleming, judge of the second judicial circuit, rendered the judgment complained of.
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The circuit court of Harrison county, on the 10th day of June, 1878, rendered judgment against Theodore S-Goodrich on an indictment against him for bigamy. This is a writ of error, granted on the petition of said Goodrich, to the judgment of said court then rendered, Hon. A. B. Fleming, judge of the second judicial circuit, rendered the judgment complained of. Green, President, furnishes the following statement of the case: In May, 1878, Theodore S. Goodrich was indicted in the circuit court of Harrison county for bigamy. The indictment alleged, that in November, 1874, in the State of…
1Opinion of the Court
Green President,
delivered the opinion of the Court :
The evidence, on which the jury in this case based their verdict of guilty, was sufficient to justify such verdict. Syllabus 1. It is true, the first marriage charged in the indictment was proved by the minister, who officiated at the marriage; and the second marriage charged in the indictment was only proved by the distinct admission of the prisoner ; and that the authorities elsewhere are com-flicting on the question, whether such proof is sufficient .in an indictment for bigmay, or whether it is even admissible; but it is settled in…
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