State v. Hodgskins
Supreme Judicial Court of Maine
This was an indictment for adultery with one Deborah Hodgskins. To prove the marriage of the defendant, the Attorney General called Priscilla Tripp, who testified that Chip-man Hodgsldns was her brother — that she was present when he was married to Abigail Thurlow at the house of her father, Richard Thurlow: She' could not state how long ago they were married, but should think it was about twenty-five years ago. She could not state by whom they vyere married.
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This was an indictment for adultery with one Deborah Hodgskins. To prove the marriage of the defendant, the Attorney General called Priscilla Tripp, who testified that Chip-man Hodgsldns was her brother — that she was present when he was married to Abigail Thurlow at the house of her father, Richard Thurlow: She' could not state how long ago they were married, but should think it was about twenty-five years ago. She could not state by whom they vyere married. Hodgsldns continued to live with the aforenamed Abigail, until about eight years ago, and had nine children by her, before they…
1Opinion of the Court
The opinion of the Court was delivered by
Whitman C. J.
The indictment against the prisoner com tains a charge of the crime of adultery. Two exceptions are takep to the proof in support of it. The first is, that the *157evidence of the marriage of Jlodgskins was insufficient. A witness testified that she saw the ceremony performed; but cannot tell by whom, and gave no description of the person performing it, whereby his official character could be indicated. This evidence was accompanied by proof of cohabitation, between the parties, immediately following the performance of the ceremony, till they…
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