Cooper v. State

The defendant was indicted and convicted of the crime of seduction. The indictment charges that the seduction was accomplished “by means of temptation, deception, arts, flattery, or a promise of marriage.” — Code of 1886, § 4015. The means relied on to procure a conviction in this case, was mainly an alleged promise of marriage. The only evidence that such promise was made, is the testimony of the woman who is charged to have been seduced. The statute provides that “no conviction shall be had under this section on the uncorroborated testimony of the woman, upon whom the seduction is charged.”

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