State v. Heath

The opinion of the Court was delivered by

Mr. Justice Cothran.

Indictment and conviction upon the charge of seduction under promise of marriage. From sentence of ten months’ imprisonment, the defendant appeals.

There are six exceptions; the appeal, however, is based upon a single proposition, that a verdict of not guilty should have been directed upon the ground that there was no corroboration of the testimony of the woman in reference to the three essential elements of the crime: Seduction, deception, and promise to marry.

The statute, Section 382 of the Criminal Code, is unhappily framed, “Any…