State v. Turner
Supreme Court of South Carolina
Before-, J., Lexington-. Indictment for seduction against B. G. Turner. From sentence on verdict defendant appeals. Messrs. Nelson & Nelson cite: Testimony of prosecutrix shoiild be corroborated: 25 Ency., 244, 246; 26 N. Y., 203; 4 Minn., 325; 107 N. C., 850; 23 S. E., 863; 72 la., 17; McLain’s Cr. L., sec. 1119. Prosecution must shoiv chastity: 25 Ency., 240. The Solicitor cites: Burden of shoiving unchastity is on defendant: 25 Ency., 193, 234; 42 A. S. R., 492.
1Opinion of the Court
The opinion of the Court was delivered by
Mr. Justice Woods.
The defendant, B. G. Turner, was convicted of seduction by the Court of General Sessions for Lexington county. The appeal to this Court involves two inquiries: First, was there any corroboration of the testimony of the prosecutrix to warrant the submission of the case to the jury; and second, on the charge of seduction is the previous chastity of the prosecutrix a material ingredient of the crime to be established by the State ?
1 The statute under which the defendant was indicted is as follows: “That any male person above the age of…
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