Case Name: Weaver vs. The State of Georgia
Court: Supreme Court of Georgia
Jurisdiction: Georgia
Decision Date: 1884-10-21
Citations: 74 Ga. 376
Docket Number: 
Parties: Weaver vs. The State of Georgia
Judges: 
Reporter: Georgia Reports
Volume: 74
Pages: 376–376

Head Matter:
Weaver vs. The State of Georgia
The defendant being charged with adultery and fornication, the evidence submitted by the state was consistent with his innocence. There was no evidence of any improper conduct between the parties, nor were they shown to have been in such suspicious circumstances and under such conditions as to lead to the conclusion that the accused was guilty. A verdict of guilty was therefore not sustained by the evidence.
Judgment reversed.
October 21, 1884.

Opinion:
Blandeord, Justice.
[Joe Weaver, colored, was indicted for fornication and adultery, alleged to have been committed with one Marinda Smith, a white woman. The evidence showed that defendant and the woman lived on the same plantation, having houses not far apart. She cooked for him. They had been seen working together in the field, and defendant had been seen on several occasions making baskets'in her yard late at night and early in the morning. He had also been seen in her house at meal times, and both of them had been seen seated before the fire together, with the door open; but no witness testified to their being together, with the door closed, or to seeing any improper conduct between them.
The jury found defendant guilty. A new trial was refused, and he excepted.]