Starke v. State

May 13, 1895
Reporters:
,
Before:
Atkinson

Lead Opinion

Atkinson, J.

1. Whether an accusation in a city court charging a married man with ‍​‌​​​​​​‌‌​​‌‌‌​​​​‌​‌​‌‌​‌‌​‌​​​‌‌​‌​‌​‌‌‌‌​‌​‌​‌‌​‌‌‌​​​‌‌​‌​‌​​​‌‌​​​‌​​‌‌​‌‌​​​​​‌​​​‌‌‌‌​​‌‍adultery would or would not be’ invalid because founded upon an affidavit made by his wife, yet where it does not appear on the face either of the accusation ‍​‌​​​​​​‌‌​​‌‌‌​​​​‌​‌​‌‌​‌‌​‌​​​‌‌​‌​‌​‌‌‌‌​‌​‌​‌‌​‌‌‌​​​‌‌​‌​‌​​​‌‌​​​‌​​‌‌​‌‌​​​​​‌​​​‌‌‌‌​​‌‍or the affidavit that the prosecutrix was the wife of the accused, the objection to the accusation could not be made by demurrer before trial or by motion in arrest ‍​‌​​​​​​‌‌​​‌‌‌​​​​‌​‌​‌‌​‌‌​‌​​​‌‌​‌​‌​‌‌‌‌​‌​‌​‌‌​‌‌‌​​​‌‌​‌​‌​​​‌‌​​​‌​​‌‌​‌‌​​​​​‌​​​‌‌‌‌​​‌‍of judgment after conviction.

2. There was sufficient evidence to warrant the verdict of guilty, and the same having -been approved by the trial judge, a new trial will not ‍​‌​​​​​​‌‌​​‌‌‌​​​​‌​‌​‌‌​‌‌​‌​​​‌‌​‌​‌​‌‌‌‌​‌​‌​‌‌​‌‌‌​​​‌‌​‌​‌​​​‌‌​​​‌​​‌‌​‌‌​​​​​‌​​​‌‌‌‌​​‌‍be granted. • Judgment affirmed.





Dissenting Opinion

Simmons, C. J.,

dissenting. — I dissent from the judgment rendered in this case, for the reason stated in the case of Eldridge v. The State, decided this day, the ‍​‌​​​​​​‌‌​​‌‌‌​​​​‌​‌​‌‌​‌‌​‌​​​‌‌​‌​‌​‌‌‌‌​‌​‌​‌‌​‌‌‌​​​‌‌​‌​‌​​​‌‌​​​‌​​‌‌​‌‌​​​​​‌​​​‌‌‌‌​​‌‍evidence in both cases being substantially the same.

W. D. Tutt, for plaintiff in error. H. J. Brewer, solicitor, by Harrison & Peeples, contra.