Carpenter v. State

ON MOTION FOR REHEARING.

Krueger, Judge.

Appellant, in a very able and plausible motion for rehearing, insists that the Court erred in holding the evidence sufficient to sustain his conviction in this: That the prosecutrix was not corroborated with reference to her age; that age is an element of the offense of seduction as much as the promise of marriage or the act of sexual intercourse. Therefore, he contends, her testimony with reference to her age being under twenty-five years is required to be corroborated.

■ We are hot in accord with his contention. The time of the birth of the seduced…