Richardson v. State

If we were left to our understanding of what is defined to be adultery in holy writ, we should probably hold the indictment in this case to be good, and the prosecution to be made out under it.

But when we refer to our statutes, we confess our inability to understand what is really meant by Sections 2022, ’3, ’4, ’5, ’6, Paschal’s Digest. Section 2022 says,'' every man and woman who shall live together in adultery, or fornication, shall be' punished by fine not less than one hundred dollars, nor more than one thousand dollars^ In The State v. Foster, 31 Texas, 518, this court decided that the…