Cook v. People
New York Supreme Court
Writ or error to the general sessions of the county of Jefferson, to review a conviction for seduction under promise of marriage. The facts appear in the opinion.
1Opinion of the CourtTaloott, J.
The writ of error in this case brings up. the record of a conviction of the plaintiff in error, for seduction under a promise of marriage, under the statute of 1848; with a bill of exceptions attached.
The first exception to which our attention is called is to the refusal of the court to compel the district attorney to elect upon which count of the indictment he would proceed. The indictment contains two counts, each charging an offense under the statute, alleged to have been committed against Mary Lutz: one charging an offense committed on the second of July, and the other on the 19th of…
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