Seely v. State

The conviction is for abandonment after seduction and marriage, as defined in article 1450, P. C.

A motion to quash the indictment was filed and overruled. It assailed the indictment upon the ground that it failed to designate the court in which, prior to the marriage, the prosecution was begun. The essential elements of the offense are a seduction, a marriage, and an abandonment. The marriage must take place after prosecution has begun in a court of competent jurisdiction. This court, in the case of Kirkendall v. State, 78 Tex. Cr. R. 168, 180 S. W. 676, passing upon the requisites of an…