Hill v. State
Supreme Court of Alabama
Appeal from the County Court of Morgan. Tried before tlie Hon. William E. Skeggs. Tlie appellant in tliis ease ivas indicted, tried and convicted for living in a. state of adultery of fornication with one Iuka Smit-li. There was evidence introduced on the part of tlie State tending to show that the defendant was guilty of the offense charged. Jim Thompson ivas a witness introduced for the State and testified to having seen the defendant and Iuka Smith in bed together.
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Appeal from the County Court of Morgan. Tried before tlie Hon. William E. Skeggs. Tlie appellant in tliis ease ivas indicted, tried and convicted for living in a. state of adultery of fornication with one Iuka Smit-li. There was evidence introduced on the part of tlie State tending to show that the defendant was guilty of the offense charged. Jim Thompson ivas a witness introduced for the State and testified to having seen the defendant and Iuka Smith in bed together. He further testified that'he was the son of Lena Hill, the wife of the defendant. On the cross examination of this witness and…
1Opinion of the CourtDowdell, J.
The defendant, was tried and convieted before the county court, on an indictment for Hying together with one Iuka Smith in a state of adultery or fornication. The offense charged, as said in Bodiford v. State, 86 Ala. 68, “is, ai crime, of darkness and secrecy, and hence always difficult of direct, proof.” The fact of illicit intercourse;, like any other fact, may become a legitimate inference or conclusion to be drawn from circumstantial evidence. The evidence on the part of the State tended to show such a relation and state of living between the defendant and the woman Iuka Smith, as to…
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