Bracken v. State
Supreme Court of Alabama
Appeal from the Circuit Court of Henry. Tried before the Hon. John. W. Foster. The defendant was indicted, tried and convicted for the seduction of one Delia Roney. The State introduced evidence tending to show that the defendant was guilty as charged in the indictment.
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Appeal from the Circuit Court of Henry. Tried before the Hon. John. W. Foster. The defendant was indicted, tried and convicted for the seduction of one Delia Roney. The State introduced evidence tending to show that the defendant was guilty as charged in the indictment. Ed Roney, as a witness for the State, testified that he. was a brother of Delia Roney ; that one day he went to the field where the defendant was at work and had a conversation with him; that at that time he had no weapon, made no threats and held out no promises or inducement to the defendant, nor did he say that it would be…
1Opinion of the CourtHaralson, J.
There was no error in allowing the prosecutrix to state that she told Judge Gordon, that her pregnancy resulted from an act of intercourse which the defendant had with her on the 17th June, 1894. Defendan d had asked her on cross-examination, if she had not told Judge Gordon that she had been seduced by defendant on the 17th June,- 1894, to which she replied, she had not, and-the question to her by the solicitor on the re-direct examination wTas for her to state what that conversation was, and what she told Judge Gordon. The defendant called for what he supposed it was, for the *71evident…
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