Ledbetter v. State

The plaintiff in error, who will be later referred to as the defendant, has appealed from a conviction of having carnal knowledge of a female under twenty-one years of age. There are several assignments of error, but we only need to consider the contention of defendant that there is no credible evidence to sustain the verdict of the jury; that the uncontradicted evidence shows that, at the time the offense was alleged to have been committed, the female in question by her conduct had established a reputation for sexual impurity.

The record before us discloses a state of facts which leaves the…