Ford v. State

Decided June 15, 1875

Supreme Court of Alabama · decided 1875-06-15

Tried before Hon. H. D. Clayton. The appellants, a white man and a negro woman, wei’e indicted for living together in adultery or fornication. The indictment was demurred to, on the ground that it charged no offence, and that the section of the Revised Code upon which it was based, violated the Constitution of the State and of the United States. The demurrer having been overruled, a trial was had on a plea of not guilty.

Relies on Burns v. State · Ellis v. State

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Decided 1875-06-15

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PER CURIAM.

¶1Ou the question involved in this case, we can add nothing to the thorough discussion it received in Ellis v. State, 42 Ala. 525. We do not see that there is any conflict between the decision in that case, and the decision in Burns v. State, 48 Ala. 195. The latter case involved only the validity of the statute prohibiting marriage between whites and blacks. The validity of the statute prohibiting such persons from living in adultery was not involved. Marriage may be a natural and civil right, pertaining to all persons. Living in adultery is'offensive to all laws human and divine, and human laws must impose punishments adequate to the enormity' of the offence and its insult to public de-

¶2Affirmed.