Miller v. State, 9 Ga. App. 827

Powell, J.

1. In a prosecution for adultery, the fact that the alleged participants ‍​​​‌‌​​​‌‌​​​​​‌‌​‌‌​‌​​‌​​‌​‌‌​‌​​​‌‌‌​​​​​​​​​‌​‌​​​‌‌​​​​‌‌​‌‌‌‌‌​‌‌​​‌​​‌​‌‌‌​​​‌‌‌​‌‌‌​​​​‌‍were, respectively, a married man and a married woman may be shown, either directly or circumstantially. The fact of the marriage may be at least prima ‍​​​‌‌​​​‌‌​​​​​‌‌​‌‌​‌​​‌​​‌​‌‌​‌​​​‌‌‌​​​​​​​​​‌​‌​​​‌‌​​​​‌‌​‌‌‌‌‌​‌‌​​‌​​‌​‌‌‌​​​‌‌‌​‌‌‌​​​​‌‍facie shown by any of the following methods: by proof of general repute in family (Civil Code (1910), § 5764) ; by proof of general reputation in ‍​​​‌‌​​​‌‌​​​​​‌‌​‌‌​‌​​‌​​‌​‌‌​‌​​​‌‌‌​​​​​​​​​‌​‌​​​‌‌​​​​‌‌​‌‌‌‌‌​‌‌​​‌​​‌​‌‌‌​​​‌‌‌​‌‌‌​​​​‌‍tht; community (Drawdy v. Hesters, 130 Ga. 161 (1), 60 S. E. 451, 15 L. R. A. (N. S.) 190; Clark v. Cassidy, 62 Ga. 407; Wood v. State, 62 Ga. 406) ; by proof of the fact that the man or the woman, ‍​​​‌‌​​​‌‌​​​​​‌‌​‌‌​‌​​‌​​‌​‌‌​‌​​​‌‌‌​​​​​​​​​‌​‌​​​‌‌​​​​‌‌​‌‌‌‌‌​‌‌​​‌​​‌​‌‌‌​​​‌‌‌​‌‌‌​​​​‌‍as the case may be, lives together with a person of the opposite sex as his or her spouse, with general recognition in the community of ‍​​​‌‌​​​‌‌​​​​​‌‌​‌‌​‌​​‌​​‌​‌‌​‌​​​‌‌‌​​​​​​​​​‌​‌​​​‌‌​​​​‌‌​‌‌‌‌‌​‌‌​​‌​​‌​‌‌‌​​​‌‌‌​‌‌‌​​​​‌‍their being married to each other. Clark v. Cassidy, supra.

2. The evidence fully supported the verdict. Judgment affirmed.

Case Details

Case Name: Miller v. State

Court Name: Court of Appeals of Georgia

Date Published: Oct 10, 1911

Citations: 9 Ga. App. 827; 72 S.E. 279; 1911 Ga. App. LEXIS 354; 3584

Docket Number: 3584

Court Abbreviation: Ga. Ct. App.