Thompson v. Aldredge

Grice, Justice.

This record presents the question whether the crime of sodomy, as defined by our law, can be accomplished between two women. By Code, § 26-5901, sodomy is defined as “the carnal knowledge and connection against the order of nature, by man with man, or in the same unnatural manner with woman.” Wharton, in his Criminal Law, volume 1, 11 ed., § 754, lays down the rule that “the crime of sodomy proper can not be accomplished between two women, though the crime of bestiality may be.” We have no reason to believe that our lawmakers in defining the crime of sodomy intended to give it…