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58 N.H. 331

State v. Taylor

Supreme Court of New Hampshire

Decided June 5, 1878

Supreme Court of New Hampshire · decided 1878-06-05

Indictment, lor fornication. The defendant was a single man, and the other party to the act a married woman. A motion to qnash was refused, and the defendant excepted.

Relies on State v. Wallace

Decided 1878-06-05

Foster, J.

¶1 An unmarried man having sexual intercouse with a married woman is guilty of adultery. Gen. St., c. 256, s. 2. Adultery is committed whenever there is an intercourse from which spurious issue may arise. State v. Wallace, 9 N. H. 515, 517; Bishop on St. Crimes, s. 657; Bouv. Law Dic., Fornication. Upon the case stated, the defendant cannot be convicted of the offence charged.

¶2 Exception sustained,.

Allen, J., did not sit.
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