George Lee Tremain (April 6, 1874 – February 8, 1948) was an American lawyer, politician, and judge who served as a justice of the Indiana Supreme Court from January 1, 1935, to December 31, 1940.
[1] In 1937, Tremain was involved in the controversial case of Joel Baker and Peter Cancilla, who were arrested and charged with assault and battery with the intent to kill after they attacked Wayne Coy, the State Welfare Director, at the Indiana Statehouse.
Tremain wrote in his opinion, "[The sodomy law] gives no other definition of the crime, obviously out of regard to the better sentiments of decent humanity, and to leave the record undefiled by details.
The court has read the evidence in the record, and for the same reasons which influenced the framers of the statute, refuses to defile the reports by a recital of the sordid, immoral, depraved, and detestable statements therein contained.
Tremain was a member of the Indiana State Bar Association, serving on the organization's Board of Managers.