Martin v. State

The defendant, appellant, was indicte'd, tried, and convicted of seduction. At common law the woman was considered particeps criminis. in an offense of this kind, and the man was not punished criminally for his participation in the joint delinquency.

“But in the process of time, experience, and a more enlightened public, sentiment showed that in many instances unmarried females of chaste character needed the protection of the strong arm of the law to shield-them in their innocency from the lustful machinations of evil-disposed men, who resorted to' the blandishments of courtship and false…