People v. Payne

The respondent was convicted of the crime of seduction. He has brought the case here on exceptions before judgment. The errors assigned may be grouped: First, errors in the admission and rejection of testimony; second, the language, conduct, and instructions of the trial judge; third, the language of the prosecuting attorney upon the trial and in his address to the jury. We have considered all the assignments of error, but will discuss only part of them.

The prosecution were allowed to show that prosecutrix’s mother was insane, and her father did not care for her after she was 14 years of age.…