Manuel v. State
Court of Criminal Appeals of Texas
Appellant and Josephine Mathis, a woman, were jointly charged, by information, with adultery, in that they unlawfully lived together und had carnal intercourse with each other. The evidence is summarized in the opinion.
1Opinion of the Court
DAVID SOX, Presiding Judge.
Appellant was convicted of adultery, and fined $100.
The charge in the information is that defendant and Josephine Mathis lived together and had carnal intercourse with each other. We have carefully examined the statement of facts, and believe the contention of appellant is correct that the evidence does not support the conviction. There are some suspicious circumstances tending to support the charge; that they were together a great deal is an unquestioned fact, but beyond this the State’s testimony does not legally go. They seem to have been environed by quite a…
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