Curry v. State

(After stating the foregoing facts.) The principal contention of the defendant is that to authorize a conviction of taking immoral and indecent liberties with a minor child, corroboration of the testimony of the prosecuting witness should be required, for reasons at least as cogent as those obtaining on trials for rape and statutory rape. However, at common law, in offenses against chastity generally, the testimony of the injured party was sufficient to sustain a conviction, neither a second witness nor corroboration being required. Wharton’s Criminal Evidence (11th ed.), Vol. III, § 1398.…