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Domestic News
December 20, 1883
National Republican (Washington City
Washington, District Of Columbia
What is this article about?
In Baltimore, Charles Baker Holland pleaded guilty to bigamy for marrying Cora Belvin while still wed to Mary C. Shipley and was sentenced to three years and six months in the penitentiary.
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A Bigamist Sentenced.
BALTIMORE, Dec. 19.—Charles Baker Holland pleaded guilty in the criminal court this morning to the charge of bigamy, and was sentenced to three years and six months in the penitentiary. The indictment charged him with having feloniously married, on the fourteenth of June, 1883, in Baltimore city, Cora Belvin, being at the time the husband of Mary C. Shipley, to whom he was united in matrimony in Baltimore county. Holland is a respectable looking man, of medium height, and of prepossessing appearance.
BALTIMORE, Dec. 19.—Charles Baker Holland pleaded guilty in the criminal court this morning to the charge of bigamy, and was sentenced to three years and six months in the penitentiary. The indictment charged him with having feloniously married, on the fourteenth of June, 1883, in Baltimore city, Cora Belvin, being at the time the husband of Mary C. Shipley, to whom he was united in matrimony in Baltimore county. Holland is a respectable looking man, of medium height, and of prepossessing appearance.
What sub-type of article is it?
Crime
Legal Or Court
What keywords are associated?
Bigamy
Sentencing
Baltimore
Charles Baker Holland
What entities or persons were involved?
Charles Baker Holland
Cora Belvin
Mary C. Shipley
Where did it happen?
Baltimore
Domestic News Details
Primary Location
Baltimore
Event Date
Dec. 19
Key Persons
Charles Baker Holland
Cora Belvin
Mary C. Shipley
Outcome
sentenced to three years and six months in the penitentiary
Event Details
Charles Baker Holland pleaded guilty in the criminal court to the charge of bigamy, having married Cora Belvin on June 14, 1883, in Baltimore city while still married to Mary C. Shipley in Baltimore county.