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People v. Horton

Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of New York, Second Department
Jun 16, 1947
272 A.D. 924 (N.Y. App. Div. 1947)

Opinion

June 16, 1947.


Judgment of the Kings County Court, convicting defendant of the crime of bigamy as charged in indictment No. 1763/1945 and sentencing him to imprisonment in Sing Sing Prison for an indeterminate term, reversed on the law, the indictment dismissed and defendant discharged. The record establishes that the prior marriage upon which the charge of bigamy is predicated was void for the reason that at the time that prior marriage was contracted the accused had a wife living from whom he had not been divorced and whose marriage had not been dissolved. ( People v. Corbett, 49 App. Div. 514; People v. Dunbar, 194 App. Div. 144; Domestic Relations Law, § 6.) Hagarty, Acting P.J., Carswell, Johnston, Adel and Sneed, JJ., concur.


Summaries of

People v. Horton

Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of New York, Second Department
Jun 16, 1947
272 A.D. 924 (N.Y. App. Div. 1947)
Case details for

People v. Horton

Case Details

Full title:THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, Respondent, v. LESTER HORTON…

Court:Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of New York, Second Department

Date published: Jun 16, 1947

Citations

272 A.D. 924 (N.Y. App. Div. 1947)

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