Langford v. State, (1936)
Court: Supreme Court of Florida
Number:
Visitors: 11
Judges: PER CURIAM.
Attorneys: Thos. D. Beasley, for Plaintiff in Error;
Cary D. Landis, Attorney General, and Roy Campbell, Assistant Attorney General, for the State.
Filed: May 28, 1936
Latest Update: Mar. 02, 2020
Summary: The writ of error brings for review a judgment of conviction of the statutory offense denounced by *Page 429 Sections 5407 R.G.S., 7550 C.G.L., when committed by a man and a woman not married to one another. The information charged the offense substantially in the language of the state and was sufficient. The statute denounces two kinds of acts. One is that of a man and a woman not being married to each other lewdly and lasciviously associating and cohabiting together. This unlawful act occurs w
Summary: The writ of error brings for review a judgment of conviction of the statutory offense denounced by *Page 429 Sections 5407 R.G.S., 7550 C.G.L., when committed by a man and a woman not married to one another. The information charged the offense substantially in the language of the state and was sufficient. The statute denounces two kinds of acts. One is that of a man and a woman not being married to each other lewdly and lasciviously associating and cohabiting together. This unlawful act occurs wh..
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I do not think the evidence in this case was sufficient to prove the offense denounced by this Statute as construed by the previous decisions of this Court, or by the trial judge in his general charge, which I think followed our previous decisions.
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