Jennings v. Commonwealth

The accused, Charles Jennings, brings error to a judgment of the Circuit Court of Louisa county, by which he was convicted of seduction of the prosecutrix under promise of marriage, and sentenced to two years confinement in the State penitentiary.

The prosecution arose under Va. Code, 1904, section 3677. • That portion of the section applicable to this case is as follows:

“If any person, under promise of marriage, seduce and have *822illicit connection -with any unmarried female of previous chaste character * * * he shall be' guilty of a felony, and, upon conviction thereof, shall be punished by…