Capps v. State

The plaintiff in error was convicted upon an indictment charging him with the offense of incest. The language of that portion of the indictment charging the offense is that the accused “did unlawfully, feloniously, and incestiously have sexual intercourse with and carnally know Ada Capps, a female, she the said Ada Capps and the said George Capps being related to each other within the degrees prohibiting their marriage to each other. The said George Capps being the' Uncle of the said Ada Capps and the said Ada Capps being the Niece of the said George Capps, against the form of the statute,”…