People v. Davis

Respondents were convicted of the crime of “lewd and lascivious cohabitation” in violation of Act No. 328, § 335, Pub. Acts 1931 (Comp. Laws Supp. 1940, § 17115-335, Stat. Ann. § 28.567). It is the claim of the people that Clarence June and Mildred Davis on June 3, 1939, and divers other days did lewdly and lasciviously associate and cohabit together, neither party being legally married to the other.

It was established by competent evidence that since the first week in June, Mildred Davis and four of her children lived in the home occupied by Clarence June and five of his children; and that…