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Commonwealth v. Littlejohn

15 Mass. 163
CourtMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court
DecidedMay 15, 1818
StatusPublished
Cited by18 cases

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Bluebook
Commonwealth v. Littlejohn, 15 Mass. 163 (Mass. 1818).

Opinion

Upon an indictment against two persons for lascivious cohabitation, one of the parties be'ing married, such marriage must be proved by the record of the clergyman, or by witnesses present at the ceremony.

Quære whether, as the allegation was no otherwise material but as being ue scriptrve of the person intended, the proof of marriage was 'not sufficient. — Vide 3 Starkie, Ev. 1580. — Sull's case, Leach, 1005. — Mary Graham’s case, Leach, 619.— State vs. France, Overt. R. 434. — 2 Phil. Ev. 286, 7th Land. ed.

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