State v. Way
Nebraska Supreme Court
This was a petition in error, filed by tlie district attorney, to take the opinion of this court upon points which arose on the trial below, before Pound, J., and ruled in favor of Way, who had been indicted in the district court of Lancaster county for the crime of adultery. The testimony as to subsequent improper familiarities should have been admitted. "Whar. Or. Law, 261, 599 and 2663. Bish.
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This was a petition in error, filed by tlie district attorney, to take the opinion of this court upon points which arose on the trial below, before Pound, J., and ruled in favor of Way, who had been indicted in the district court of Lancaster county for the crime of adultery. The testimony as to subsequent improper familiarities should have been admitted. "Whar. Or. Law, 261, 599 and 2663. Bish. Stat. Crimes, Secs. 682 to 784. Thayer v. Thayer, 101 Mass., 111. People v. Jenness, 5 Mich., 305. The act under which the second count is drawn was passed February 25, 1875. Laws of 1875, page 11,…
1Opinion of the CourtGantt, J.
Under sections 483, 515 and 516 of the criminal code, this case is brought here upon error by the plaintiff, to obtain the decision of this court upon questions of law raised by exceptions taken to the decision of the court below.
In the first count in the indictment, the defendant, a married man, is charged with the crime of adultery with a certain married woman, and the offense is stated as having taken place on the 27th day of February, 1875. From the record it appears, that testimony was given on the part of the plaintiff, tending to show that the defendant committed the adultery at the…
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