Barker v. Commonwealth
Supreme Court of Virginia
Error to judgment of county court of Henry county, pronounced November 22, 1892, in a prosecution against the plaintiff in error for seduction; a writ of error. having been refused by the judge of the circuit court of that county. Opinion states the case.
1Opinion of the Court
Lewis, P.,
delivered the opinion of the court.
The prisoner was indicted and convicted, under section 3677 of the Code, for the seduction, under promise of marriage, of the prosecutrix, an unmarried female of previous chaste character. Numerous exceptions were taken to rulings of the court during the progress of the trial, which, so far as it is necessary to notice them, will be considered in the order in which they are presented.
1. The first relates to the exclusion of evidence offered by the defendant to show the character of the house — whether as a house of ill or good repute — at whbh the…
2Cases cited8 opinions
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