Mumford v. State

MORROW, Presiding Judge.

— The offense is seduction; penalty assessed at confinement in the penitentiary for two years.

The prosecutrix gave testimony embodying the elements of the offense as defined by statute, article 505, P. C., 1925. For corroboration the state relied upon the father and mother of the prosecutrix, each of whom detailed circumstances which, if believed to be true by the jury, would have been sufficient to comply with the statute demanding corroboration. In the Code of Criminal Procedure (1925) is found article 709, which reads as follows:

“In prosecutions for seduction, the…