Case Name: Connell v. The State
Court: Court of Appeals of Georgia
Jurisdiction: Georgia
Decision Date: 1911-10-10
Citations: 9 Ga. App. 818
Docket Number: 3504
Parties: Connell v. The State.
Judges: 
Reporter: Georgia Appeals Reports
Volume: 9
Pages: 818–818

Head Matter:
3504.
Connell v. The State.
Decided October 10, 1911.
Indictment for adultery and fornication; from Haralson superior .court — Judge Edwards. May 10, 1911.
Robinson & Edwards, W. W. Mundy, for plaintiff in error.
J. R. Hutcheson, solicitor-general, E. 8. Ault, Griffith & Matthews, contra.

Opinion:
Powell, J.
1. In a prosecution against a man for fornication or adultery, testimony that the female with whom the intercourse is alleged to have taken place had intercourse with another man is immaterial, even though the female herself is a witness for the State.
2. A female witness can not be impeached by proof of specific acts of illicit intercourse. ' Judgment affirmed.