Bledsoe v. State
Tennessee Supreme Court
FROM SHELBY Appeal from the Criminal Court of Shelby County. — Jesse Edgington, Judge.
1Opinion of the CourtJustice Wirliams
Conviction for violating the age of consent statute, and appeal.
Acts 1911, chapter 36, providing for punishment for the criminal abuse of females, contains a proviso applicable to offenses against females of certain ages to the effect that “no conviction shall be had for said offense, on the unsupported testimony of the female in question.”
This proviso is complied with if there is adduced sufficient evidence of another than the female which fairly tends to convict the defendant of the commission of the crime; and this evidence may be in relation to material and substantive fact or facts which…
2Cases cited6 opinions
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- State v. BrassfieldSupreme Court of Missouri · 1883
- Suther v. StateSupreme Court of Alabama · 1897
- Wright v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Texas · 1892
- State v. SmithSupreme Court of Iowa · 1892
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