State v. Taylor

Court: Supreme Court of New Hampshire
Date filed: 1878-06-05
Citations: 58 N.H. 331
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Lead Opinion

An unmarried man having sexual intercourse 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, 617; Bishop on St. Crimes, s. 657; Bouv. Law Dic., Fornication. Upon the case stated, the defendant cannot be convicted of the offence charged.

Exception sustained.

ALLEN, J., did not sit.