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8 Ga. App. 113

Moore v. State

Court of Appeals of Georgia

Decided July 25, 1910

Court of Appeals of Georgia · decided 1910-07-25

Accusation of adultery; from city court of Carrollton — Judge Beall. February 24, 1910. The accused was convicted, of adultery with Lula Yeoman. From the .evidence it appeared that she was living apart from her husband and at the defendant’s house, where she w;as employed to cook, wash, iron, do household work, and wait on his wife, who was an invalid. While she was so employed she gave' birth to children.

Cited by 6 later decisions — most recently November 1929

6 state decisions

Relies on Hunt v. State · Eldridge v. State · Weems v. State

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Decided 1910-07-25

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Russell, J.

¶1The evidence was insufficient to authorize the conviction of the defendant, and a new trial should have been granted. The decision is controlled by the ruling in Thompson v. State, 5 Ga. App. 7 (62 S. E. 571), and Winkles v. State, 4 Ga. App. 559 (2), 563 (61 S. E. 1128).

¶2Judgment reversed.

8. IIolderness, J. O. Newell, Edgar Watkins, for plaintiff in error,cited: 5 Ga. App. 7; Id. 176; 2 Ga. App. 620; 84 Ga. 461; 74 Ga. 376; 126 Ga. 563.C. E. Roop, solicitor, contra,cited: 97 Ga. 192; 81 Ga. 140 (6).
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