State v. Burgett
Supreme Court of Arkansas
Appeal' from Crittenden Circuit Court. ■ Hon. Earl C. Bronaugh, Circuit Judge.
1Opinion of the CourtJustice Compton
The appellees were indicted under sec. 4, Ch. 51, Gould's Dig. for illegal co-habitation.
The indictment charges, with requisite certainty of time and place, that John Burgett and Matilda Parker, with force and arms, unlawfully did live together as husband and wife without being married; contrary to the form of the statute, etc. To this indictment a demurrer was sustained, and the principal ground ' Of demurrer is, that the indictment does not charge whether the appellees are required to answer for the first or second offence.
The statute provides that if any man and woman shall live together…
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