King v. State
Mississippi Supreme Court
Appeal from the circuit court of Covington county. Hon. W. H. Hughes, Judge. Hulon King was convicted of seduction and appeals. The facts are fully stated in the opinion of the court. 'The statute under which appellant was tried, section 1081, Code 1906, and section 808, Hemingway’s Code, says that “the testimony of the female seduced alone shall not be sufficient for conviction.”
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Appeal from the circuit court of Covington county. Hon. W. H. Hughes, Judge. Hulon King was convicted of seduction and appeals. The facts are fully stated in the opinion of the court. 'The statute under which appellant was tried, section 1081, Code 1906, and section 808, Hemingway’s Code, says that “the testimony of the female seduced alone shall not be sufficient for conviction.” It will he noted that there are three elements of this crime; viz: 1st, that the female under the age of eighteen years was of previous chaste character immediately preceding the offense; 2nd, that the illicit…
1Opinion of the CourtSykes, J.
Hulon King was indicted and convicted in the circuit court of Covington county of the crime of seduction, and sentenced to a term of two years in the penitentiary. From which judgment this appeal is prosecuted. The indictment was drawn under section 1081, Code of 1906 (Section 808, Hemingway’s Code). Omitting the formal parts, it alleges that: “Hulon King an unmarried man, on the - day of February, 1919, in Covington county, aforesaid, did then and there unlawfully, wilfully, and felonious seduce and have illicit intercourse with Lillie Cook, a female child, under the age of eighteen years,…
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