Turner v. State

Arrington, C.

The appellant, Melvin Turner, was indicted, tried and convicted in the Circuit Court of Forrest County for the crime of bigamy, under Sections 2019 and 2020, Code of 1942, and sentenced to the penitentiary for a period of eighteen months, from which judgment he appeals.

The undisputed facts in this case show that the appellant was lawfully married to one Christine Hill on November 22, 1948; that while she was still living, he married Sarah Jewel Keller on February 6, 1950, and which, according to the evidence on the part of the State, was prior to any divorce. The decree which was…