Hardin v. State

Jim Johnson, Associate Justice.

Appellant J. A. Hardin, a white man, was convicted of the crime of concubinage which is a felony. See Ark. Stats. §§ 41-806, 41-807. It was established that J. A. Hardin took a negro woman to a tourist court and had sexual intercourse with her. There was no effort on the part of the State to prove that Hardin and the Negro woman ever lived together in any way except in the act of sexual intercourse at the tourist court.

Hardin contended in the lower court and contends here that sexual intercourse standing alone is not sufficient evidence of the crime of…