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The People against Humphrey
Per Curiam.
In Morris v. Miller,* Lord Mansfield held, that in prosecutions for bigamy, as well as in ac~
[315] dons for erlin. can. a marriage in fact must be proved; and the same rule was recognised in Birt v. Bar1ow.* The mere confession of the party is not sufficient cvi~ence. The prisoner must be discharged.
Prisoner discharged.
Footnotes
[*] Doug. 17t.
[*] 4 Burr 2056.