Byrley v. Commonwealth

Opinion op the Court by

Judge Rees

Affirming.

Jimmie Byrley appeals from a judgment convicting him of seduction under promise of marriage, and fixing his punishment at three years’’ imprisonment.

The prosecutrix was 16 years of age at the time of the trial, and appellant was 20. According to her testimony, she and appellant had been sweethearts for about 2% years, and became engaged in June or July, 1933. The first act of intercourse occurred July 31, 1933, and he had intercourse with her several times thereafter, the last time on July 14, 1935. She testified that she yielded by reason of the…