Burnett v. State

The state prosecuted one Lafe Burnett, hereafter called the defendant, in the district court for Phelps county on the charge of adultery, alleged to have been committed by him with one Anna Wilson, a married woman, the wife of Augustus Wilson. The trial resulted in a verdict of guilty, and the defendant was sentenced to be confined for a term of six months in the county jail of Phelps county. To reverse that judgment the defendant has brought the case here by petition in error. The record contains a great many assignments, but three of which will receive our consideration.

At the trial, the…