Jackson v. State

Horace Jackson was convicted of seduction. He filed a motion for new trial on the general grounds. The brief of evidence was certified by the judge, and ordered filed and made a part of the record. There was an amendment to the motion for new trial, on the ground of newly discovered evidence, this evidence being to the effect that Thurla Price, the woman alleged to have been seduced, was not virtuous. The affidavit of one Harrison in support of this amendment, attacking the virtue of Thurla Price, was referred to in the ground of the motion for new trial as being attached to the motion as an…