Stewart v. State

The defendant was convicted under the Code, § 26-1602, of “inveigling children.” The only assignment of error is that the evidence fails to show that the child was under the age of 18 years. The child testified: “I am 15 years old.” The father testified: “She [meaning the child] is 15 years old.” This evidence was not objected to, and it was uncontradicted by any evidence on behalf of the defendant or in his statement. It is contended by able counsel for the defendant that since the passage of the vital-statistics act for Georgia, now codified as §§ 88-1202 et seq. of the Code, a certificate…