Williams v. State
Supreme Court of Alabama
Appeal from Montgomery City Court. Heard before Hon. W. H. Thomas. Robert Williams Avas con Aided of bigamy, and appeals.
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Appeal from Montgomery City Court. Heard before Hon. W. H. Thomas. Robert Williams Avas con Aided of bigamy, and appeals. As to the legality of the first marriage, it is always tested by the latvs of the state where such marriage Avas contracted. — 4 A. & E. Ency. of Law, p. 38. The offense is not committed by either party to the second marriage if the first marriage has been declared Amid or is Amid, or AArhere a decree of divorce has been granted. — 4 A. & E. Ency. of Law, pp. 36-37. The attempt of defendant to re-marry his first wife in Georgia Avas Amid under the Iuavs of Georgia, and…
1Opinion of the CourtHaralson, J.
What the statute laAvs of Georgia are, on the subject of divorce, and the right of the parties to marry again, and Athat the decisions of the Supreme Court of that state in construction of said statutes are, were not proved and admitted in evidence, and Ave are not authorized to consider them. — Code, § 1821; Forsyth v. Preer, 62 Ala. 433; Cubbedge v. *110Napier, 62 Ala. 518; Bush v. Garner, 73 Ala. 162; Varner v. Young, 56 Ala. 260; 3 Mayfield’s Dig. 541.
The state introduced in evidencé a license duly issued from the court of ordinary of Floyd county, Georgia, on the 27th day of February, 1905,…
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