State v. Coffman

Sherwin, J.-

1 The seventh paragraph of the court’s charge to the jury is as follows: “(7) Even though the defendant had sexual intercourse with the prosecutrix, as by her claimed, and she was at the time of previously chaste character, yet, unless she yielded her person to the defendant by reason of some art, promise, or deception practiced upon her by him, there can be no conviction ; but the kind and character of these; however, are not so important as the effect they may and did have upon her mind, if any; nor is it important as to the manner in which her ruin was accomplished. If the…