Jones v. Commonwealth

Opinion of the Court by

Judge Ratliff

Affirming.

The appellant was tried and convicted in the Laurel circuit court upon an indictment charging him with the crime of seduction under á promise of marriage and sentenced to the penitentiary for one year.

The prosecuting witness, Marjorie Sullivan, testified, in substance, that she and appellant became “sweethearts” in October, 1940, and that relation continued until the last of March, 1941. She said that appellant promised to marry her and because of such promise she submitted to having sexual inter couse with him on the first and second days of…