State v. Hillman

The prosecuting attorney informed against the defendants in the criminal court of Greene county and charged them with the offense of living in a state of open and notorious adultery, denounced in the first subdivision of section 2175, Revised Statutes. 1899. They were tried and convicted in and sentenced by the criminal court. The case is here on their appeal. 'The State having introduced substantial evidence tending to prove the defendants guilty of the offense mentioned, the court instructed the jury as follows :

“You are instructed that if you find and believe from the evidence in this…