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To the Pen for Bigamy.Cyrus Coleman was charged with bigamy by his wife, Mary E. Coleman, but he denied the charge and went to trial. I But when the evidence had been heard it was clear that the charge must be sustained and Coleman, upon the advice of his counsel and. before the case had been given to the jury withdrew his I plea of not guilty and entered a plea ofguilty. He was sentendfed to the Western Penitentiary for one year, with $5Ifine and the costs, and in passing the sentence the Court declared Coleman s second marriage bigamous and void.Coleman was married to the prosecutrix in 1865, and sometime in last January he married Idella Peterman at Hooversville. The procuring of a marriage license for the latter marriage involved the crime of perjury on Coleman’s part.
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Somerset Standard
Somerset, Pennsylvania, US
Thu, May 25, 1905
Page 2
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