State v. Atterberry

Orin Ben j amin Attei’berry was charged with obtaining illicit connection, under promise of marriage, with Nancy Elizabeth Paramore, in violation of section 36 of the Crimes Act. The result of the trial was a conviction, and the punishment imposed was imprisonment m the penitentiary at hard labor for a term of four years.

The defendant admitted that he had had illicit intercourse with Nancy, but denied that it was obtained under the promise of marriage. It was sufficiently shown that she was under twenty-one years of age at the time of the alleged intercourse, and there was proof, too, that…