Brown v. State

The two appellants, Ped Brown and Ruby Bryant, were convicted under the denouncements of Sec. 16, Title 14, of the current Code for living in adultery. Brown was married and the woman single at the time alleged.

They were indicted separately, but tried together by agreement. The appeals are separate, but the submission is joint. The cases are similar, so we treat them together.

This is the controlling inquiry: Was the evidence sufficient to sustain the convictions and to justify the denial of the motions for. new trial.

Before it can be affirmed that the proscribed relation is established, it…