State v. Brandenburg
Supreme Court of Missouri
'Appeal from Montgomery Circuit Court. — Hon. E. M. Hughes, Judge. (1) The indictment is insufficient. It should allege the age of the girl and it or the record should read, “Sworn and charged to inquire into and for the body of Montgomery county.” State v. Broolcs, 94 Mo. 121; State v, Freeman, 21 Mo. 481; State v, Vincent, 91 Mo.- 665. (2) It was error to allow the witnesses, Appling, MacMahan and Bellamy to testify to the reputation of the prosecutrix.
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'Appeal from Montgomery Circuit Court. — Hon. E. M. Hughes, Judge. (1) The indictment is insufficient. It should allege the age of the girl and it or the record should read, “Sworn and charged to inquire into and for the body of Montgomery county.” State v. Broolcs, 94 Mo. 121; State v, Freeman, 21 Mo. 481; State v, Vincent, 91 Mo.- 665. (2) It was error to allow the witnesses, Appling, MacMahan and Bellamy to testify to the reputation of the prosecutrix. The state must by testimony show affirmatively that chastity continued down to the very day of seduction. State v. Dietrich, 51 Iowa, 467;…
1Opinion of the CourtBubgess, J.
The defendant was convicted in the circuit court of Montgomery county for seducing and debauching one Mattie Owens, an unmarried female of good repute and under eighteen years of age. The case is in this court on his appeal.
*184The facts developed by the testimony are, that during December, 1890, and January, 1891, defendant boarded at the home of the prosecutrix, at Danville, Montgomery county, Missouri; that defendant and the prosecutrix were engaged to be married. The prosecutrix testified that on December. 26, defendant asked her to have sexual intercourse with him. She replied, “it was not…
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