Herridge v. State

KRUEGER, Judge.

The appellant was tried and convicted for the offense of seduction, and his punishment assessed at confinement in the State penitentiary for a term of two years.

The testimony adduced upon the trial is substantially as follows:

Prosecutrix testified: “I was 17 years of age on the 20th day of January, 1933. On or about the 25th day of June, 1931, I was engaged to the defendant to be married. No definite date was set but it was our understanding that I should attend school a few more years and he intended to go to school and learn to be a mechanic. That understanding took place and…