Holdren v. State

Dec 15, 1876
Reporters:
By the Court.

Under the statute against ‍​​‌‌​​​‌​‌‌​​‌‌‌‌​​‌​‌​‌‌‌‌​‌‌‌‌​​‌​​​​​​‌​‌‌​‌‌‌​​‌‌‌​​​​​​​​​​‌​​​‌‌‌​‌​‌​‌​‌‌​‌​‌​‌‌​‌‌‌​​‌​‌‍adultery (S. &■ C., see. 24), in order to render a married ‍​​‌‌​​​‌​‌‌​​‌‌‌‌​​‌​‌​‌‌‌‌​‌‌‌‌​​‌​​​​​​‌​‌‌​‌‌‌​​‌‌‌​​​​​​​​​​‌​​​‌‌‌​‌​‌​‌​‌‌​‌​‌​‌‌​‌‌‌​​‌​‌‍man guilty of deserting his wife and living and cohabiting with ‍​​‌‌​​​‌​‌‌​​‌‌‌‌​​‌​‌​‌‌‌‌​‌‌‌‌​​‌​​​​​​‌​‌‌​‌‌‌​​‌‌‌​​​​​​​​​​‌​​​‌‌‌​‌​‌​‌​‌‌​‌​‌​‌‌​‌‌‌​​‌​‌‍another - woman in a state of adultery, it is ‍​​‌‌​​​‌​‌‌​​‌‌‌‌​​‌​‌​‌‌‌‌​‌‌‌‌​​‌​​​​​​‌​‌‌​‌‌‌​​‌‌‌​​​​​​​​​​‌​​​‌‌‌​‌​‌​‌​‌‌​‌​‌​‌‌​‌‌‌​​‌​‌‍not necessary that the woman with whom he lives and cohabits ‍​​‌‌​​​‌​‌‌​​‌‌‌‌​​‌​‌​‌‌‌‌​‌‌‌‌​​‌​​​​​​‌​‌‌​‌‌‌​​‌‌‌​​​​​​​​​​‌​​​‌‌‌​‌​‌​‌​‌‌​‌​‌​‌‌​‌‌‌​​‌​‌‍should be a married woman.

Motion overruled.