Case Name: State versus Benjamin F. Bartlett & al.
Court: Maine Supreme Judicial Court
Jurisdiction: Maine
Decision Date: 1866
Citations: 53 Me. 446
Docket Number: 
Parties: State versus Benjamin F. Bartlett & al.
Judges: Kent, Walton, Dickerson, Barrows and Danforth, JJ., concurred.
Reporter: Maine Reports
Volume: 53
Pages: 446–446

Head Matter:
State versus Benjamin F. Bartlett & al.
Parties to the crime of adultery may be indicted jointly.
Indictment. — On Exceptions.

Opinion:
Appleton, C. J.
The defendants are jointly indicted for the crime of adultery. They demur to the indictment for that cause. The law is well settled that the parties to this crime may be jointly indicted. Com. v. Ellwell & al. 2 Met., 190. Demurrer overruled.
Kent, Walton, Dickerson, Barrows and Danforth, JJ., concurred.