State v. Chipman
Utah Supreme Court
Appeal from District Court, Fourth District; Hon. J. E. Booth, Judge. Donald Chipman was accused and convicted' of fornication. He appeals.
1Opinion of the CourtFrick, C. J.
Appellant was convicted of the crime of fornication, which, in this state, is a misdemeanor, and, by the judgment of the court, was sentenced to imprisonment in the county jail of Utah County for a period of seventy-five days, from which judgment he appeals.
There is really but one question presented by the assignment of errors. Appellant was charged with having committed the offense with one “Verda” Mathews. At the trial, the evidence on behalf of the state was to the effect that both appellant and Miss Mathews were unmarried; that some time after midnight they were discovered in a barber…
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