17 S.E.2d 554 | Ga. Ct. App. | 1941
1. While proof "that an offense was committed in a designated municipality is not in itself sufficient to show venue in any particular county of this State" (Casper v. State,
2. The evidence of a more recent marriage to another witness, after the alleged bigamous marriage in question, was admissible to show motive, intent, purpose, scheme, or design, notwithstanding the criticism that such evidence placed the defendant's character in issue.
3. The evidence was sufficient to support the verdict. Though the defendant admitted the fact of the marriage charged to have been bigamous, and insisted that she had been informed that her first and valid marriage had been dissolved by a divorce obtained in another State, the jury had the right to reject, and by their verdict did reject, the part of her statement that her first marriage had been legally dissolved.
Judgment affirmed. Broyles, C. J., and MacIntyre, J.,concur.