Legal Opinion

Hafley v. State

Court of Criminal Appeals of Texas

Decided February 19, 1919No. 5307Published

Appeal from Hamilton County Court; Joe. H. Eidson, Judge. Ernest Hailey was convicted of adultery, and he appeals.

1Opinion of the CourtMorrow, J.

The appellant is convicted of adultery,

This is a companion ease to Yates v. State (No. 5308) 209 S. W. 407, this day decided. The information contains the same vice as that referred to in Yates v. State, namely, it fails to allege that the parties were not living together, the absence of which allegation is fatal to the indictment. See Cannedy v. State, 58 Tex. Cr. R. 184, 125 S. W. 31. Since the case must be reversed and dismissed because of the insufficiency of the indictment, we have not made a critical examination of the evidence. We note the contention, however, that the case of Cordill…

2Cases cited3 opinions

  1. Thurston v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Texas · 1910
  2. Cordill v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Texas · 1918
  3. Cannedy v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Texas · 1910

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