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People v. Gates

Supreme Court of California
Apr 1, 1873
46 Cal. 52 (Cal. 1873)

Opinion

         Appeal from the County Court of Siskiyou County.

         COUNSEL:

         E. Steele, for Appellant.

          John L. Love, Attorney General, for Respondents.


         OPINION

         By the Court:

         The defendant was convicted of the crime of living in a state of open and notorious cohabitation and adultery with a certain woman named in the indictment. The conviction was had under the second section of the Act of 1872, entitled " An Act to punish adultery" (p. 380). The offense consists in living " in a state of open and notorious cohabitation and adultery; " the notoriety is as material in making out the offense as is the fact of adultery committed.

         In this case, while the evidence tends in some degree to show that the defendant committed adultery with the woman named in the indictment, there is not the slightest proof of a living with her in a state of notorious adultery or cohabitation within the intent of the statute: Wright v. The State, 5 Blackf. 358.

         Judgment reversed and cause remanded for a new trial.


Summaries of

People v. Gates

Supreme Court of California
Apr 1, 1873
46 Cal. 52 (Cal. 1873)
Case details for

People v. Gates

Case Details

Full title:PEOPLE v. GATES

Court:Supreme Court of California

Date published: Apr 1, 1873

Citations

46 Cal. 52 (Cal. 1873)

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