State v. Lay
Utah Supreme Court
Appeal from District Court, Sixth District; Son. John F. Chidester, Judge. Phil R. Lay was convicted of adultery, and appeals.
1Opinion of the CourtCarty, J.
Appellant was convicted of the crime of adultery in the 'district court of Garfield County. The act was alleged to have been committed in said county on March 15, 1908.. A sentence of two and one-half years in the state prison was imposed.
The only evidence tending to incriminate appellant and connect him with the crime charged was that given by the *145prosecutrix. She testified that from the last of February, 1908, until some time in May of the same year she was employed at the Cameron Hotel, in Panguitch, Garfield County, Utah; that during this time appellant roomed and boarded at the same…
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