Wright v. State
Indiana Supreme Court
Wright v. State, 5 Blackf. 358 (Ind. 1840)
1840 Ind. LEXIS 65
Sullivan
Wright v. State
Opinion of the Court
The defendant was indicted for living in open and notorious adultery with a certain woman, &c.
The testimony did not prove a “living together” as is required by the statute, but simply, if it proved any thing, an occasional illicit intercourse between the defendant and the woman named in the -indictment. The offence consists in an open and notorious cohabitation, and unless it be of that character, it is not indictable.'
The judgment is reversed, and the verdict set aside, with costs. Cause remanded, &c.
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