Hovis v. State

Appellant, a Caucasian, was convicted and sentenced to the penitentiary on a charge of concubinage, alleged to have been committed by illegally cohabiting with Nona Thompson, a female person-of the negro race. The prosecution was had under §§ 2601 and 2602, C. & M. Digest. By § 2601 it is provided that concubinage between a person of the -Caucasian or white race and a person of the negro or black race shall be a felony. Section 2602 defines concubinage as follows: “The living together or cohabitation of persons of the Caucasian and the negro race shall be proof of the violation of the…