ALEXANDER v. UNITED STATES

No. 8417.

136 F.2d 783 (1943)

ALEXANDER v. UNITED STATES.

United States Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia.

Decided June 7, 1943.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Mr. Ira Chase Koehne, of Washington, D. C., for appellant.

Mr. Charles B. Murray, Assistant United States Attorney, of Washington, D. C., with whom Messrs. Edward M. Curran, United States Attorney, and Cecil R. Heflin, Assistant United States Attorney, both of Washington, D. C., were on the brief for appellee.

Before GRONER, Chief Justice, and VINSON and ARNOLD, Associate Justices.


GRONER, C. J.

Appellant was convicted in the District Court of bigamy and sentenced to serve a term in prison. It is admitted that at the time of his second marriage his first wife was living and that their marriage had not been terminated.

On the trial appellant testified that he was born in Spokane, Washington State; that for a period he had served in the armed forces of the United States and had received an honorable discharge; that in 1936 he was married...

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