Glover v. State
Court of Appeals of Georgia
Indictment for adultery; from Forsyth superior court—Judge Patterson. April 27, 1914. Gordon Glover, a married man, was convicted of adultery, alleged to have been committed with Ettie Densmore, a married woman. The entire evidence adduced on the trial, as set forth in the brief of evidence, is as follows: Mrs. M. J. Gilbert, in behalf of the State, testified: “I am acquainted with Gordon Glover and Ettie Densmore.
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Indictment for adultery; from Forsyth superior court—Judge Patterson. April 27, 1914. Gordon Glover, a married man, was convicted of adultery, alleged to have been committed with Ettie Densmore, a married woman. The entire evidence adduced on the trial, as set forth in the brief of evidence, is as follows: Mrs. M. J. Gilbert, in behalf of the State, testified: “I am acquainted with Gordon Glover and Ettie Densmore. I live in Forsyth county, and I have lived in the county nearly all my life. Gordon- Glover is a married man. Ettie Dens-more is a married woman. In April, 1913, Ettie Densmore…
1Opinion of the CourtWade, J.
(After stating the foregoing facts.) 1. It appears to us that the evidence was not sufficient to exclude every reasonable hypothesis inconsistent with the guilt of the accused. The evidence for the State might raise a very strong suspicion that the crime of adultery was at least in contemplation by the parties charged therewith, but, on the other hand, it is just as reasonable to conclude from that evidence that the crime was not actually consummated, and that Mrs. Gilbert’s arrival on the scene interrupted and prevented the criminal act. While, from an ethical standpoint, a mutual agreement…
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