Pruner & Clark v. Commonwealth

Citations

• 82 Va. 115
• 1886 Va. LEXIS 15

Syllabus

<p>1. Appellate Court—Certificate of evidence.—Where, though the bill of exceptions claims to set forth the facts proved upon the trial, it is apparent that the evidence is certified, and not the facts, this court must look only to the evidence of the exceptee. Scott's Case, 77 Va. 344.</p> <p>2. Criminal Proceedings—Lewd and lascivious cohabitation—Incontinence.—To constitute this offence, it is essential that it be proved that the parties cohabit together—that is, live together in the same house as man and wife. Proof of occasional acts of incontinence merely is not sufficient. Jones v. The Commonwealth, 80 Va. 18.</p>