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9 Ga. App. 818

Connell v. State

Court of Appeals of Georgia

Decided October 10, 1911

Court of Appeals of Georgia · decided 1911-10-10

<p>Indictment for adultery and fornication; from Haralson superior .court — Judge Edwards. May 10, 1911.</p>

Decided 1911-10-10

Powell, J.

¶11. In a prosecution against a man for fornication or adultery, testimony that the female with whom the intercourse is alleged to have taken place had intercourse with another man is immaterial, even though the female herself is a witness for the State.

¶22. A female witness can not be impeached by proof of specific acts of illicit intercourse. ' Judgment affirmed.

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