Hatton v. State
Mississippi Supreme Court
Eeom the circuit court of Harrison county. Hon. William If. Hardy, Judge. Hatton, appellant, was indicted, tried and convicted under an indictment charging him with having seduced his niece, Rosella Hatton, a female child under the age of eighteen years and of previous chaste character, and appealed to the supreme court.
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Eeom the circuit court of Harrison county. Hon. William If. Hardy, Judge. Hatton, appellant, was indicted, tried and convicted under an indictment charging him with having seduced his niece, Rosella Hatton, a female child under the age of eighteen years and of previous chaste character, and appealed to the supreme court. The testimony showed that the girl was under eighteen years of age and of previous chaste character; that defendant, a man of about fifty years of age, had sexual intercourse with her repeatedly during a period of nearly two years; that she finally became pregnant and was…
1Opinion of the CourtWhiteield, C. J.
The evidence in this case falls far short of making out the crime of seduction as known to the law. The assistant attorney-general refers us to the cases of State v. Mulholland, 115 Iowa, 174, 88 N. W. 325, and State v. McClintic, 73 Iowa, 663, 35 N. W. 696. We have examined these eases carefully. They were both cases of seduction under promise of marriage, and the facts in. both those cases are very far stronger than the facts in this case. . No case, we apprehend, can be anywhere found which would sanction a conviction for seduction on the scant and utterly insufficient testimony disclosed…
2Cases cited3 opinions
- State v. McClinticSupreme Court of Iowa · 1887
- State v. MulhollandSupreme Court of Iowa · 1901
- State v. NewhouseSupreme Court of Iowa · 1901
3Cited by3 opinions
- Kolb v. StateMississippi Supreme Court · 1922
- King v. StateMississippi Supreme Court · 1919
- Holmes v. StateMississippi Supreme Court · 1941