Oakes v. State
Supreme Court of Arkansas
Appeal from Benton. Circuit Court; J. S. Maples, Judge; 1. The indictment is defective. It contains no date when the crime is alleged to have been committed.
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Appeal from Benton. Circuit Court; J. S. Maples, Judge; 1. The indictment is defective. It contains no date when the crime is alleged to have been committed. No date within the statutory period is alleged. 92 Ark. 413; 99 Id. 126; 65 Id. 559; 110 Id. 170. 2. The promise of marriage was conditional on pregnancy. 113 Ark. 520, 169 S. ¡W. 341; 25 Ore. 172; 17 L. E. 151. 3. There was no corroboration of the prosecutrix’s testimony as to the promise of marriage. 113 Ark. 520; 112 Ga. 871. No designated time for marriage was fixed, and the promise, if any, was conditional. 51 L. E. A. (N. S.), 809;…
1Opinion of the Court
WOOD, J.(1) Appellant was convicted of the crime of seduction and appeals. The indictment charged that, ‘ ‘ The said George Oakes in the said county of Benton, in the State of Arkansas, on the............day of........................, 191......, then and there being a single and unmarried man, unlawfully and feloniously did obtain carnal knowledge of one Myrtle Glass, a single and unmarried female, by virtue of false and feigned expressed pro(mise of marriage previously made to her by the said George Oakes.”.Appellant contends that the indictment is defective because it contains no date when…
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