Wade v. State

BAKER, Judge.

Appellant was convicted in the District Court of Hunt County of the oifense of abandonment after seduction and marriage, and his punishment assessed at three years in the penitentiary.

The record presents but one question for our consideration and that is the sufficiency of the evidence to sustain the conviction. The appellant was charged by indictment under Art. 507 (1450) Penal Code 1925, of abandonment of Maude Lee (Beggs) Wade after seduction and marriage as above stated. Said article states:

“If any person by promise of marriage shall seduce an unmarried female under the age…