Pough v. State

The contention of the learned counsel for the plaintiff in error is that the verdict of guilty is contrary to evidence and to law, because there was no evidence of any persuasion by reason of which the female was induced to yield to the lustful embraces of the seducer. Pie contends that this case is controlled by the rulings in Disharoon v. State, 95 Ga. 351, Cherry v. State, 112 Ga. 871, and O'Neill v. State, 85 Ga. 383, in each of which cases it was held that if a single woman allowed an unmarried man to have intercourse with her solely because of a promise by him to marry her, it would be…