ARAIZA v. STATE

No. 33581.

349 S.W.2d 600 (1961)

Jose Angel ARAIZA, Appellant, v. STATE of Texas, Appellee.

Court of Criminal Appeals of Texas.

June 21, 1961.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Moises Vicente Vela, Harlingen, for appellant.

R. L. Lattimore, Criminal Dist. Atty., Edinburg, and Leon B. Douglas, State's Atty., Austin, for the State.


WOODLEY, Presiding Judge.

The offense is bigamy; the punishment, 2 years.

The indictment alleged that on October 11, 1960, appellant unlawfully married Amelia Diaz, he having theretofore on October 4, 1957, lawfully married Clara B. Araiza, who was living.

Neither of the wives testified, but the record discloses that both were present at the trial.

A marriage license issued September 24, 1957, authorizing rites of matrimony to be solemnized...

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