De Rossett v. State

PRENDERGAST, Presiding Judge.

Appellant was convicted for seducing Miss Weems and his punishment assessed at five years in the penitentiary.

The testimony of Miss Weems, if believed and corroborated, clearly made out the offense against the appellant. There were many facts and circumstances besides some positive testimony corroborating her tending to connect him with the offense.

Seduction by our statute, article 1447, Penal Code, is: “If any person, by promise to marry, shall seduce an unmarried female under the age of twenty-five years, and shall have carnal knowledge of such female, he shall…