Kendrick v. State
Supreme Court of Georgia
Indictment for adultery. Before Judge Ross. Oity court of Macon. December term, 1896.
1Opinion of the Court
■Cobb, Justice.
The indictment in this case charged that Kendrick, “a married man,” had committed the offense of living in a state ■of adultery with Lizzie Howard, “a married woman.” Upon the trial it appeared that Kendrick was married, and that the woman was single. The accused was found guilty generally, .and his motion for a new trial being overruled, he excepted.
Section 381 of the Penal Code provides: “Any man or woman who shall live together in a state of adultery, or fornication, or of adultery and fornication, or who shall commit adultery or fornication, or adultery and fornication,…
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