Magee v. People

The defendant was convicted of the crime of bigamy and sentenced to the penitentiary. Section 6835, C. L. 1921 reads: “Bigamy consists in the having of two wives or two husbands at one and the same time, knowing that the former husband or wife is still alive. If any person or persons within this state, being married, or who shall hereafter marry, do at any time marry any person or persons, the former husband or wife being alive, the person so offending shall on conviction thereof be punished,” etc. This information follows the exact language of the second sentence above quoted. There is no…