Legal Opinion

People v. Dunbar

Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York

Decided November 24, 1920PublishedCited by 4 opinions

Appeal by the defendant, Frank D. Dunbar, from a judgment of the County Court of Cayuga county, rendered on the 10th day of June, 1920, convicting him of the crime of bigamy.

1Opinion of the Court

Hubbs, J.:

The defendant was convicted of the crime of bigamy under an indictment which charged that on the 27th day of January, 1920, he married one Geraldine Raleigh in the city of Syracuse, N. Y., while he then had a wife living by the name of Effie May Seeley whom he had married on the 23d day of August, 1906, at the city of Syracuse, N. Y.

Upon the trial the defendant admitted that he was married by the ceremonial marriages as charged in the indictment. He contended, however, at the trial and now urges that by the marriage to Geraldine Raleigh on the 27th day of January, 1920, he did not…

2Cases cited7 opinions

  1. Stokes v. . StokesNew York Court of Appeals · 1910
  2. Price v. . PriceNew York Court of Appeals · 1891
  3. Cropsey v. McKinneyNew York Supreme Court · 1859
  4. Valleau v. ValleauNew York Court of Chancery · 1836
  5. Frank v. . CarterNew York Court of Appeals · 1916

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3Cited by4 opinions

  1. State v. JohnsonNebraska Supreme Court · 2021
  2. O'Brien v. O'BrienConnecticut Superior Court · 1935
  3. People v. GoodwynAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 1966
  4. People v. HortonAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 1947

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