State v. Bess

At the April term of the Circuit Court, within and for the eounty of Shannon, in the year 1854, the grand jury indicted John Bess and Polly Bess, (alias Polly Cox,) for open, gross lewdness and lascivious behavior, by publicly, lewdly and lasciviously abiding and cohabiting with each other.

*420At the September term following, the defendants appeared and made their motion to quash the indictment. The court sustained their motion and quashed the indictment. The circuit attorney excepted to the judgment of the court, and brings the case here by appeal. The sufficiency of the indictment is the only…