Weems v. State
Supreme Court of Georgia
Criminal law. Adultery. Evidence. Yerdiet. Before Judge Smith. Muscogee superior court. November adjourned term, 1888. Weems was indicted for adultery and fornication. The testimony of Cox, the prosecutor, was as follows : Was married to his present wife about eleven years ago • had been married twice before; has a daughter about twelve years old by a former wife. Present wife is twenty-six or twenty-seven years old. Moved to Columbus about fourteen months ago.
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Criminal law. Adultery. Evidence. Yerdiet. Before Judge Smith. Muscogee superior court. November adjourned term, 1888. Weems was indicted for adultery and fornication. The testimony of Cox, the prosecutor, was as follows : Was married to his present wife about eleven years ago • had been married twice before; has a daughter about twelve years old by a former wife. Present wife is twenty-six or twenty-seven years old. Moved to Columbus about fourteen months ago. Soon became acquainted with Weems. Had two rooms,, one for shoe-shop, the other for bedroom. Early in October, Weems bought adjoining…
1Opinion of the Court
Blandford, Justice.
The plaintiff in error was indicted and found guilty of the offence of fornication and adultery. A motion for a new trial was made upon the ground that the verdict of the jury was contrary to evidence, without evidence to support it, and contrary to law. The court refused to grant the motion for a new trial, and this judgment is excepted to, and the plaintiff in error here says that the same was error.
We are of the opinion that the evidence in the case affords strong presumption against the defendant in the court below. Yet we do not think it sufficiently strong as to…
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