State v. North
Supreme Court of Vermont
Informations severally charging each respondent with committing adultery. Several pleas, not guilty. Joint trial by jury, with the consent of the respondents, at the March Term, 1915, Washington County, Stanton, J., presiding. Verdict of guilty as to both respondents, and judgment thereon as against respondent North, but judgment arrested as to respondent Lucy Weston, because there is no allegation of time in the information against her.
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Informations severally charging each respondent with committing adultery. Several pleas, not guilty. Joint trial by jury, with the consent of the respondents, at the March Term, 1915, Washington County, Stanton, J., presiding. Verdict of guilty as to both respondents, and judgment thereon as against respondent North, but judgment arrested as to respondent Lucy Weston, because there is no allegation of time in the information against her. The State excepted to the ruling arresting that judgment. The opinion states the ease.
1Opinion of the CourtMunson, C. J.
The respondents in these two cases, whose exceptions have been heard together, were tried together with their consent, on informations which severally charged each with committing adultery with the other. There was a verdict of guilty as to both, and judgment thereon against Wesley North. *127There was no allegation of time in the information against Lucy Weston, and judgment was arrested as to her because of this defect. The State excepted to the ruling.
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