Lyerly v. State
Supreme Court of Arkansas
APPEAL from Mississippi Circuit Court. Hon. L. L. Mack, Circuit Judge. ' Proof did not sustain the verdict, or show the crime as defined by statute. 16 Ark., 566 ; 32 Ark., 191.
1Opinion of the CourtHarrison, J.
J. B. Lyerly was tried upon an indictment against himself and Jane Duncan for cohabiting together as husband and wife, without being married, and convicted and fined fifty dollars. He moved for a new trial, upon the ground that the. conviction was contrary to law and evidence. His motion was overruled, and he excepted and appealed.' The indictment was found at the November term, 1878.
Moody, a witness for the state, testified — that some time in the spring of 1878, lie, at the request of Lyerly, brought Jane Duncan to his (Lyerly’s) house to work for him. The witness lived three or four months…
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