Dameron v. State

The plaintiff in error was indicted by the grand jury of Jasper county, under the eighth section of the eighth article of the act concerning crimes and punishments. The indictment charged that the defendant, on, &c., at, &c., “ was guilty of open, gross lewdness and lascivious behaviour, by then and there publicly cohabiting with one Sally Ann F., against the form of the statute,” &c.

The defendant moved to quash the indictment, but the court overruled the motion. A trial was had, and the defendant convicted and fined. No bill of exceptions was taken, preserving the evidence, and the only…