Legal Opinion

State v. Nelson

Washington Supreme Court

Decided July 18, 1905No. 5443PublishedCited by 28 opinions

Appeal from a judgment of the superior court for King county, Hatch, J., entered July 5, 1905, upon a trial and conviction of the crime of living in a state of adultery.

1Opinion of the CourtRudkin, J.

The defendant was convicted of the crime of living in a state of adultery, and prosecutes an appeal from the judgment and sentence of the court. The information recites that the appellant is accused of the crime of adultery committed as follows •

“He, the said P. H. Nelson, in the county of King, State of Washington, on the 25th day of May, 1903, and thence *223continuously until about tbe 15th day of July, 1903, did wilfully, unlawfully and feloniously live and cohabit in an open and notorious state of adultery with one Paulina Smith, and did then and there have carnal knowledge of the body of…

2Cases cited21 opinions

  1. Miles v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1881
  2. State v. HoytSupreme Court of Connecticut · 1880
  3. People v. . HayesNew York Court of Appeals · 1894
  4. Chamberlain v. . the PeopleNew York Court of Appeals · 1861
  5. State v. FetterlyWashington Supreme Court · 1903

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3Cited by28 opinions

  1. Wolfle v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1934
  2. State v. WilkinsOregon Supreme Court · 1914
  3. State v. ZupanWashington Supreme Court · 1929
  4. State v. RichardsonIdaho Supreme Court · 1935
  5. State v. MorganSupreme Court of Louisiana · 1920

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