Chambers v. State

1. On the trial of the defendant under an indictment charging him with seduction of the prosecutrix by persuasion and promise of marriage, such prosecutrix being the only witness for the State, and her testimony being seif-contradictory as to whether or not she *58knew,, at the time of the alleged seduction, that the defendant was a married man, it is error to deny to defendant’s counsel the. right to a thorough and sifting cross-examination as provided by Code § 38-1705. The court sustained an objection to questions asked the prosecutrix on cross-examination as to whether she did not make…