Legal Opinion

Daniel v. State

Court of Appeals of Georgia

Decided June 10, 1930No. 20568Published

1Opinion of the CourtBroyles, C. J.

1. “To accomplish sexual intercourse with a virtuous woman pending a virtuous engagement to marry her may be seduction though consent be obtained without other persuasion than that which is implied (considering the past courtship and present relation of the parties) in proposing the intercourse and repeating the promise of marriage.” Wilson v. State, 58 Ga. 328; Durrence v. State 20 Ga. App. 192, 193 (92 S. E. 962), and cit.; Plumer v. State, 22 Ga. App. 269, 271 (95 S. E. 873). Under this ruling and the facts of the instant case, the defendant’s conviction of the .offense of seduction was…

2Cases cited5 opinions

  1. Keller v. StateSupreme Court of Georgia · 1897
  2. Wilson v. StateSupreme Court of Georgia · 1877
  3. Durrence v. StateCourt of Appeals of Georgia · 1917
  4. Davis v. StateCourt of Appeals of Georgia · 1924
  5. Plumer v. StateCourt of Appeals of Georgia · 1918

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