Case Name: Wright v. The State
Court: Supreme Court of Indiana
Jurisdiction: Indiana
Decision Date: 1840-07-02
Citations: 5 Blackf. 358
Docket Number: 
Parties: Wright v. The State.
Judges: 
Reporter: Blackford
Volume: 5
Pages: 358–359

Head Matter:
Wright v. The State.
An indictment for living in open and notorious adultery, &c., is not sustained by evidence of occasional illicit intercourse, &c.
Thursday, July 2.
ERROR to the Pihe Circuit Court.

Opinion:
Sullivan, J.
The defendant was indicted for living in open and notorious adultery with a certain woman, &c. Plea, not guilty. On the trial, the ju^Bpund the defendant guilty. Motion for a new trial overruHl, and judgment on the verdict.
J. Pitcher, for the plaintiff.
W. J. Peaslee, for the state.
The testimony did not prove a "living together" as is required by the statute, but simply, if it proved any thing, an occasional illicit intercourse between the defendant and the woman named in the -indictment. The offence consists in an open and notorious cohabitation, and unless it be of that character, it is not indictable.'
Per Curiam.
The judgment is reversed, and the verdict set aside, with costs. Cause remanded, &c.