Quartemas v. State
Supreme Court of Alabama
Appeal from the Circuit Court of Dallas. Tried before Hon. M. J. Saeeold. This was a prosecution against the appellants for living together in adultery or fornication, commenced before the criminal court of Dallas county, and resulting in their conviction. The defendants appealed to the circuit court. In the circuit court tjhere was a jury trial, on a statement signed by the solicitor, and the parties were again convicted.
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Appeal from the Circuit Court of Dallas. Tried before Hon. M. J. Saeeold. This was a prosecution against the appellants for living together in adultery or fornication, commenced before the criminal court of Dallas county, and resulting in their conviction. The defendants appealed to the circuit court. In the circuit court tjhere was a jury trial, on a statement signed by the solicitor, and the parties were again convicted. From the bill of exceptions it appears that Quartemas was jailor, and lived and slept in the jail, and the woman, Jackson, lived outside, but how far from the jail is not…
1Opinion of the CourtPeck, C. J.
I have examined the record and bill of exceptions in this case, and find but one available error, and that consists in the refusal of the court to give the first charge asked by the defendants. Taken in connection with the evidence, this charge should have been given. Occasional acts of criminal intimacy do not make out the offense named in the statute. — Collins v. The State, 14 Ala. 608. The parties accused must five together in adultery or fornication, or at least the conduct of the parties must be of such a character as to become, openly, an evil example — an outrage upon decency and…
2Cases cited1 opinion
- Collins v. StateSupreme Court of Alabama · 1848
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- Lawson v. StateAlabama Court of Appeals · 1948