C. B. DUNBAR, Appellant, vs. A. E. McGill, Appellee.
[January Term, A. D. 1863.]
Appeal from the Court of Quarter Sessions and Common Pleas, Moutserrado County.
Criminal Law. Crim. Con.
1. Removing the hearsay evidence, the opinion given as evidence, the contradiction of witnesses in their statements, together with circumstances surrounding the whole case, the conviction of the court is that there is nothing to convict the parties of criminal conversation.
It is, then, the opinion of the court that Charles B. Dunbar and Angelina E. McGill in accordance with law and evidence are not guilty of criminal conversation. Therefore, it is hereby decreed that the verdict of the jury and the judgment of the Court of Montserrado County in this suit be and hereby is reversed, with its effects and liabilities; and that judgment is hereby given in favor of the appellant in this case; and that a mandate is hereby ordered to be issued to the court below, directing that its verdict and judgment are null and void, with costs in this court.