STATE v. LEWIS

No. 32941.

46 Wn.2d 438 (1955)

282 P.2d 297

THE STATE OF WASHINGTON, Appellant, v. MERLE FRANK LEWIS, Respondent.

The Supreme Court of Washington, Department Two.

April 8, 1955.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Robert E. Conner and Norman L. Schwalb, for appellant.

Dalton & Bibb and Jon H. Phelps, for respondent.


SCHWELLENBACH, J.

This is an appeal from an order sustaining defendant's demurrer to the sufficiency of the information and a cross-appeal from an order overruling defendant's plea of former jeopardy. The charging part of the information accuses Merle Frank Lewis of the crime of bigamy committed as follows:

"That the said defendant in the County of Chelan, State of Washington, on the 19th day of November, 1953, did then and there wilfully, unlawfully, and...

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