Cornelison v. State

This appellant was charged, by indictment, with the offense of living in a state of adultery or fornication with Lizzie Stutts, a woman. The evidence adduced upon the trial was that of several state witnesses. The defendant offered no evidence and rested his case upon the insufficiency of that offered by the state. This evidence has been read and considered by this court sitting en banc. We have reached the conclusion that the state failed to meet the burden of proof necessary to a conviction, and that from the whole evidence, as a matter of law, the defendant was entitled to an acquittal.…