Supreme Judicial Court of Maine July 1, 1853 (Pratt v. Pierce)

Shepley, C. J. —

To establish the title of the demandant, it is necessary that he should prove, that Hezekiah Hartley Wright was the legitimate child of Hezekiah Wright. Positive proof of a legal marriage is required upon the trial of persons indicted for polygamy and adultery, and in actions for criminal conversation.