Adams v. State
Supreme Court of Arkansas
Appeal from Ouachita Circuit Court; Charles W. Smith, Judge; Prior acts of incest between the same parties may be proved. Underhill, Crim. Ev. 475. There was positive evidence of the commission of the crime within three years. Evidence of other incestuous acts between the same parties did not prejudice the defendant, and was admissible as tending to show the opportunities and inclinations of the parties.
1Opinion of the CourtBatteE, J.
At the October, 1904, term of the Ouachita Circuit Court the grand jury returned into court an indictment against F. P. Adams, charging him with incest committed by having illicit intercourse with his niece, she being an unmarried woman and he a married man; and at the October, 1905, term of that court he was tried upon a plea of not guilty, found guilty as charged in the indictment, and his punishment was assessed at three years imprisonment in the penitentiary. He appealed to. this court.
In the trial of appellant for the offense charged against him, evidence was adduced by the State, over…
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