FORSON v. STATE

No. 28537.

296 S.W.2d 770 (1956)

W. G. FORSON, alias Glen Williams, Appellant, v. The STATE of Texas, Appellee.

Court of Criminal Appeals of Texas.

November 14, 1956.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

A. O. Strother, Paul Petty, Ballinger, for appellant.

Leon B. Douglas, State's Atty., Austin, for the State.


DICE, Commissioner.

Appellant was convicted of the offense of bigamy and his punishment was assessed at confinement in the penitentiary for 2 years.

The indictment, in charging the offense alleged: "* * * that on or about the 5th day of April, A.D. 1954, * * * W. G. Forson, alias Glen Williams did, then and there unlawfully marry Mrs. Lena Hale, under the assumed name of Glen Williams, he, the said W. G. Forson, then and there having a former wife, to-wit...

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