State v. Cushing
Supreme Court of Vermont
Information cbarging adultery. Plea, not guilty. Trial by jury at tbe March Term, 1912, Chittenden County, Miles, J., presiding. Verdict, guilty; judgment and sentence thereon. The respondent excepted. The opinion states the case.
1Opinion of the CourtRowell, C. J.
This is an information for adultery with one Nieburg, claimed by the State to have been committed at the “Allen House,” a hotel in Winooski. The State was permitted to show that the “Allen House” was reputed to be -a place of assignation, resorted to by men and women for immoral pur*417poses. The prisoner objected that the testimony was inadmissible unless knowledge of the character and reputation of the place was brought home to her, and also objected that the testimony was immaterial and irrelevant.
In support of her objections the prisoner relies upon State v. Plant, 67 Vt. 454, 32 Atl. 237,…
2Cases cited3 opinions
- Evans v. EvansCalifornia Supreme Court · 1871
- State v. PlantSupreme Court of Vermont · 1894
- State v. NieburgSupreme Court of Vermont · 1913
3Cited by2 opinions
- State v. SnyderSupreme Court of Vermont · 1913
- State v. . AsheSupreme Court of North Carolina · 1928