Holt v. Commonwealth

SIMS, Chief Justice.

Eldridge Holt in seeking to reverse a judgment imposing upon him a sentence in the penitentiary for five years for the seduction of. Edith Shaw, a girl under the age of 21 years, under a promise of marriage, assigns three errors,: 1. The verdict is not sustained by the evidence; 2. the court erred in admitting incompetent and in rejecting competent evidence; 3. the instructions are erroneous.

■Appellant was 23 and Edith was 18 years of age at the time of the alleged offense and their homes were about a mile and a half apart in Russell County. Edith’s testimony was that…