Penton v. State

Citations

• 42 Fla. 560

Syllabus

<p>1. In order to convict of the offence of lewdly and lasciviously associating and cohabiting together under the first clause of section 2596, Revised Statutes, the evidence must show a dwelling or living together by the parties as if the conjugal relation existed. A single or mere occasional acts of incontinency are insufficient to sustain the charge, the object of the statute being to prohibit the public scandal and disgrace of such living together by persons of opposite sexes who are unmarried to each other.</p> <p>2. -In the offence of lewd and lascivious cohabitation and association denounced by section 2596, Revised Statutes, there is included both lewd and lascivious intercourse and a living or dwelling together as if the conjugal relation existed between the parties.</p> <p>3. Evidence examined and found insufficient to support the verdicfi</p>