People v. Potter

Maben Potter was charged in an information filed by the State’s Attorney of Randolph county with unlawfully living in an open state of adultery with Dona Caldwell, a married woman. A trial by jury was had upon this information whereupon the jury returned a verdict finding the defendant guilty. After a motion for new trial was overruled the court sentenced the defendant to the Illinois State Penal Farm at Vandalia for the period of one year. The defendant questions the correctness of this judgment on this appeal.

Maben Potter was a married man, white, about 42 years of age, whose home was…