Burnett v. State
Supreme Court of Arkansas
Appeal from Pope Circuit Court. Oscar L. Mires, Special Judge: STATEMENT BY THE COURT. The defendant, Ira Burnett, was prosecuted for the crime of seduction, it being charged against him that in April, 1899, by virtue of a false promise of marriage, he seduced and obtained carnal knowledge of Fannie Burton, an unmarried woman of previous chaste character.
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Appeal from Pope Circuit Court. Oscar L. Mires, Special Judge: STATEMENT BY THE COURT. The defendant, Ira Burnett, was prosecuted for the crime of seduction, it being charged against him that in April, 1899, by virtue of a false promise of marriage, he seduced and obtained carnal knowledge of Fannie Burton, an unmarried woman of previous chaste character. After this prosecution was commenced against him, he and the prosecuting witness, Fannie Burton, were married, and the prosecution was suspended. Subsequently they separated, and the prosecution was renewed, and the defendant was tried and,…
1Opinion of the CourtRiddick, J.
(after stating the facts). This is an appeal from a judgment convicting the defendant o!f ithe crime of seduction. On the trial the presiding judge was requested to reduce his instructions to writing. He refused to do so, and delivered the charge orally to the jury, but directed the stenographer to take it down in shorthand as delivered, and afterwards to copy it in full from the notes thus taken. But this copy was not made, so the bill of exceptions state, “until after the trial.” '['he first question presented is whether this procedure met the requirements of the law. The constitution…
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