State v. Lockerby
Supreme Court of Minnesota
Appeal by defendant, Burt Lockerby-, from an order of the District Court of Goodhue County, Williston, J., entered November 20, 1890, refusing him a new trial after verdict of guilty. He was indicted for the seduction of Bertha Quamme under promise of marriage.
1Opinion of the CourtYaNdeRbuegh, J.
Indictment for seduction under promise of marriage.
The principal question in this case arises upon the introduction of evidence in corroboration of the complaining witness to prove her previous chaste character. In several of the states, under similar statutes, the courts hold that, the natural presumption being in favor of the chastity of the female, this supplies the place of evidence in the first instance, and no proof is required of her previous *364chaste character until it is assailed. The courts of other states, including our own, adopt the opposite rule; and this seems supported by the…
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