Hinson v. State
Supreme Court of Missouri
Appeal from the Jefferson Circuit Court. The appellant has brought his cause here by appeal, and he assigns for error on the part of the circuit court, that they refused, First, To arrest the judgment; Second, To grant him a new trial.
1Opinion of the Court
Opinion of the Court by
Tompkins, Judge.
This indictment is founded on the 8th section of the 8th article of the act concerning crimes, in the words of the act.
It charges, in the words of the act, that Isham Hinson, late of, &c., being a married man, and not married to Uiana Smith, unlawfully did lewdly and lasciviously abide and cohabit with the said Diana Smith, contrary to the form, &c.
There was a motion for a new trial and in arrest of judgment.
First. Against the indictment it is alleged that a single act °f cohabitation, not constituting the indictable offence of hiding and cohabiting, the…
2Cited by1 opinion
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