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Cole v. State

Court of Appeals of Alabama
Jun 8, 1920
86 So. 124 (Ala. Crim. App. 1920)

Opinion

8 Div. 716.

June 8, 1920.

Appeal from Circuit Court, Colbert County; C.P. Almon, Judge.

A.W. Cole and Josie Powell were convicted of living together in a state of adultery or fornication, and appeal. Affirmed.

Simpson Simpson, of Florence, for appellants.

J.Q. Smith, Atty. Gen., for the State.


The defendants were tried and convicted under an indictment charging that they lived together in a state of adultery or fornication. There was no positive evidence that the parties had ever had sexual intercourse, yet there was shown by the evidence a living together, a going together, and a chain of facts and circumstances from which the jury was amply justified in determining such to have been the case, and a determination to continue the same.

Facts and circumstances which tend to show illicit relations between the parties anterior and subsequent to the period of time relied upon in which the offense was committed are admissible. Whether the uncontroverted evidence in this case failed to show any illicit intercourse between the defendants was a question for the jury, and the refusal of the written charge declaring the evidence failed to show such was properly refused.

There is no error in the record, and the judgment is affirmed.

Affirmed.


Summaries of

Cole v. State

Court of Appeals of Alabama
Jun 8, 1920
86 So. 124 (Ala. Crim. App. 1920)
Case details for

Cole v. State

Case Details

Full title:COLE et al. v. STATE

Court:Court of Appeals of Alabama

Date published: Jun 8, 1920

Citations

86 So. 124 (Ala. Crim. App. 1920)
86 So. 124

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