VENUE--JURISDICTION IN CRIMINAL CASES

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Abstract

In a recent case in Oklahoma the defendant was prosecuted for bigamy, under a statute which read as follows: "It shall be unlawful for either party to such divorce to remarry any other person within six months from the degree of divorcement. * * * Any person marrying contrary: to the provisions of this statute shall be deemed guilty of bigamy, and such marriage shall be absolutely void." The defendant remarried in another state and returned to Live in Oklahoma. The court held that it had no jurisdiction. Jennings v. State, 17 Okla. Cr. R. 698.

Recommended Citation

VENUE--JURISDICTION IN CRIMINAL CASES, 21 Mich. L. Rev. 792 (1923).
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