Fletcher v. State
Indiana Supreme Court
From Clark Circuit Court; Harry G. Montgomery, Judge. Prosecution by the State of Indiana, against Rufus A. Fletcher. From a judgment 'of conviction, defendant appeals.
1Opinion of the CourtMontgomery, J.
1. Appellant was convicted of the crime of bigamy, and seeks a reversal of the judgment for an alleged error in overruling his motion for a new trial. The grounds of error relied upon are the giving of instructions two and four, at the request of the prosecuting attorney, and the refusal to give instructions eleven, twelve, thirteen and fourteen, as tendered by appellant. The court charged the jury in instruction two, that if all other allegations of the indictment had been established beyond a reasonable doubt, and nothing had been proved indicating that appellant’s first marriage had been…
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