State v. Brassfield
Supreme Court of Missouri
Appeal from Livingston Circuit Court.—Hon. J. M. Davis, Judge. There can bo no seduction, unless the promise of marriage was made at the time, or the existing promise then uiged as the woman’s protection. Wilson v. State, 58 Ga. 328; L'spy v. Jones, 1 Ala. 454. There was no corroboration of the prosecuting witness.
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Appeal from Livingston Circuit Court.—Hon. J. M. Davis, Judge. There can bo no seduction, unless the promise of marriage was made at the time, or the existing promise then uiged as the woman’s protection. Wilson v. State, 58 Ga. 328; L'spy v. Jones, 1 Ala. 454. There was no corroboration of the prosecuting witness. The court erred in excluding testimony offered to show that the prosecuting witness had had illicit intercourse with others than defendant before the promise of marriage. The chastity of the female was involved, and defendant had the right to show prior acts. People v. Clark, 33…
1Opinion of the CourtHenry, J.
At the May term, 1883, of the circuit court of Livingston county, the defendant was indicted for seducing and debauching, under promise of marriage, Mattie Clark, an unmarried female under twenty-one years of age. He was tried and convicted at the September term, 1883, of said court, and has duly prosecuted an appeal from that judgment.
The indictment charges the seduction to have occurred on the 20th day of June, 1882, and Mattie Clark testified that defendant’s promise to marry her, was given in March or April, 1882, and that the first time she had illicit intercourse with defendant was…
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