Taylor v. State
Supreme Court of Arkansas
Appeal from Fulton Circuit Court; Eugene Lank-ford, Judge, on Exchange; STATEMENT BY THE COURT. The appellant was convicted of seduction. The prosecutrix testified that she was nineteen years old. She had known appellant since she was ten or eleven years old. They were sweethearts.
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Appeal from Fulton Circuit Court; Eugene Lank-ford, Judge, on Exchange; STATEMENT BY THE COURT. The appellant was convicted of seduction. The prosecutrix testified that she was nineteen years old. She had known appellant since she was ten or eleven years old. They were sweethearts. He first began going with her in the summer or fall of 1910, and continued to do so until November, 1912. She and Taylor were engaged to be married in February, 1912. Taylor asked her to be his wife and she agreed to do so. They discussed the marriage often after their engagement, but no definite date was set when…
1Opinion of the Court
Wood, J.,
(after stating the facts). 1. Counsel for appellant contends that the only promise of marriage made by appellant to the prosecutrix was the conditional one to the effect that he would marry her in the event that she became pregnant, and that the sexual intercourse was • obtained by appellant with the prosecutrix upon such promise, and that sexual intercourse obtained on a conditional promise is not seduction under our statute. Appellant’s contention as to the law is sound.
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