Campbell v. State
Supreme Court of Alabama
Appeal from tlie City Court of Montgomery. Tried before the Hon. William H. Ti-iomas. The appellant in this case, Joe Campbell, was indicted, tried and convicted for living in a state of adultery or fornication with Mary Calvin.
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Appeal from tlie City Court of Montgomery. Tried before the Hon. William H. Ti-iomas. The appellant in this case, Joe Campbell, was indicted, tried and convicted for living in a state of adultery or fornication with Mary Calvin. In addition to the facts set out in the opinion, Island Caivin, the husband of the woman, Mary Calvin, testified that he permitted the defendant to live in his housb with him and his wife, and that he had seen illicit relations between the defendant and his wife; that the defendant slept in an adjoining room to his with a thin partition between them; that one night,…
1Opinion of the Court
McCLELLAN, C. j.
Joe Campbell, a white man, was indicted, tried and convicted for living in a state of adultery or fornication with Mary Calvin, a negro. The said Mary was separately indicted for living in a state of adultery with him, she being a married woman. On the trial of Campbell, the ¡átate was allowed against his objection to introduce and examine as a witness Island Calvin, tlie husband of the said Mary, to prove its charge against him; and defendant’s exception to this action of the court is relied on here to work a reversal of the judgment. The witness’ wife, Mary Calvin, though…
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