[Referred  to,  Martin  v.  Mackonochie,  1879,  4  Q.  B.  D.  716 ;  Mackonochie  v.  Lm-d
Fenzance,  1881,  6  A.  C.  435;  Combe  v.  Edwards,  1879,  3  P.  D.  133.]

This  was  a  suit  of  office,  promoted  by  John  Burgess,  the  nephew,  against  William
Burgess,  for  incest,  by  reason  of  cohabitation  with  his  niece  Ann  Lyde.  The  articles
set  forth  their  genealogy,  and  that  they  had  lived  and  cohabited  together,  as  man  and
wife,  for  several  years.
Judgment — Sir  William  Scott.  This  is  a  cause  of  office  promoted  by  John  Burgess
against  William  Burgess,  for  an  incestuous  cohabitation  with  Ann  Lyde  his  niece.
