Legal Opinion

Powell v. State

Indiana Supreme Court

Decided January 17, 1918No. 23,352PublishedCited by 4 opinions

From Howard Circuit Court; William C. Overton, Judge. Prosecution by the State of Indiana against Bernard Powell. From a judgment of conviction, the defendant appeals.

1Opinion of the CourtSpencer, C. J.

— Appellant was. tried and convicted on an indictment which charges him with living and cohabiting in a state of adultery with one Cora Cullins, a married woman, on or about December 16, 1916, and at divers times thereafter. In support of this charge the state introduced testimony to the effect that on the evening of December 9, 1916, appellant and “a slender woman with dark hair and eyes,” who was not more positively identified, registered as man and wife at a hotel in Kokomo and spent the night there. On three subsequent occasions within the following month appellant and Mrs. Cullins, who…

2Cases cited3 opinions

  1. Jackson v. StateIndiana Supreme Court · 1888
  2. Richey v. StateIndiana Supreme Court · 1909
  3. Clouser v. ClapperIndiana Supreme Court · 1877

3Cited by4 opinions

  1. Hart v. StateIndiana Supreme Court · 1924
  2. Warner v. StateIndiana Supreme Court · 1931
  3. Tribbey v. StateIndiana Supreme Court · 1918
  4. Martin v. StateIndiana Court of Appeals · 1929

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