Fleenor v. Commonwealth

Ralph Edward Fleenor was convicted by a jury of seduction under promise of marriage of Nancy Ellis, an unmarried female of previous chaste character, in violation of Code, § 18-48, * and his punishment fixed at confinement in the penitentiary for two years. We granted a writ of error to the judgment entered on the verdict.

In his assignments of error the defendant makes the contentions that (1) the verdict is contrary to the evidence because it plainly shows that the prosecutrix at the time of the alleged seduction was not of previous chaste character; and (2) the lower court improperly…