Jackson v. State

Jackson was indicted and found guilty under section 1991, R. S. 1881, which imposes a fine of not exceeding five hundred dollars, and imprisonment in the county jail not exceeding six months, upon any one who cohabits with another in a state of adultery or fornication.

To cohabit, in the sense of the statute, is for a man and woman to live together in .the manner of husband and wife. State v. Chandler, 96 Ind. 591.

It implies a dwelling together for some period of time, and is to be understood as something different from occasional, transient interviews, for unlawful and illicit intercourse. To…