Case Name: CRAFT v. THE STATE
Court: Court of Appeals of Georgia
Jurisdiction: Georgia
Decision Date: 1913-07-08
Citations: 13 Ga. App. 79
Docket Number: 4968
Parties: CRAFT v. THE STATE.
Judges: 
Reporter: Georgia Appeals Reports
Volume: 13
Pages: 79–80

Head Matter:
4968.
CRAFT v. THE STATE.
Under the ruling in Zaelcery v. State, 6 Ga. App. 104 (64 S. E. 281), the evidence in the present case was not sufficient to show that the female with whom the accused was alleged to have committed adultery was a . married woman.
Decided July 8, 1913.
Accusation of adultery; from city court of Hall county — Judge Johns presiding. May 23, 1913.
Johnson & Johnson, for plaintiff in error.
A. 0. Wheeler, solicitor, contra.

Opinion:
Pottle, J.
The only evidence that the woman was married consisted of testimony that, about a year before the act took place, she said she was married, and of general statements from witnesses that she had the reputation of being married, having for some time, previous to about a year before the criminal act was alleged to have been committed, lived with a man, who had since left for parts unknown. Under the ruling in the case cited in the headnote, the conviction was not authorized. Judgment reversed.