Suther v. State
Supreme Court of Alabama
Appeal from the Criminal Court of Jefferson. Tried before the Hon. Samuel E. Greene. The appellant, James Suther, was indicted, tried and convicted for the seduction of Jeannette Frail.
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Appeal from the Criminal Court of Jefferson. Tried before the Hon. Samuel E. Greene. The appellant, James Suther, was indicted, tried and convicted for the seduction of Jeannette Frail. The evidence for" the State tended to show that Jeannette Frail was a young woman about seventeen years, of age at the time of the alleged seduction, which was in January, 1897, living with her parents; that Suther introduced himself to her in May, 1896, on the street, and began to pay her attention from that time; that within three or four weeks afterwards he became engaged to marry her, and asked the consent…
1Opinion of the CourtBrickell, C. J.
The defendant was indicted and convicted under section 5503 of the Code of 1896 (section 4015 of the Code of 1886), defining and punishing the offense of seduction. That section is as follows: “Any man, who, by means of temptation, deception, arts, flattery, or a promise of marriage, seduces any unmarried woman in this State, must, on conviction, be imprisoned in the penitentiary for not less than one, nor more than ten years; but no indictment or conviction shall be had under this section on the uncorroborated testimony of the woman upon whom the seduction is charged; and no conviction shall…
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