State v. . Manly
Supreme Court of North Carolina
IxdiotMKNT for fornication and adultery, tried before Shepherd, Judge, at May Term, 1886, of Halifax Superior Court. The facts are stated in the opinion.
1Opinion of the CourtMerrimon, J.
The defendants are indicted for the offence of fornication and adultery. On the trial, it was admitted that they were not married to each other. The State offered evidence to prove that the male defendant had a living wife and the feme defendant had a living husband at the time of the offence. The defendants objected to this evidence, but the Court admitted it, and the defendants thereupon excepted.
A motion for a new trial' was overruled, and there was judgment that the defendants each be imprisoned in the common jail of the county four months. They insisted that this judgment was not…
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