Commonwealth v. Dickerson

Opinion op the Court by

Chiep Justice Clay

Reversing.

On May 8, 1934, the grand jury of Madison county returned an indictment accusing Foster Dickerson of the crime of seduction raf an infant female under promise of marriage committed as follows:

“That said Foster Dickerson on the 8th day of May, 1934, in the county aforesaid and before the finding of this indictment, did unlawfully, wilfully and feloniously, under promise of marriage, seduce and have carnal knowledge of and sexual intercourse with Mildred Hall, a female under 21 years of age, against the peace and dignity of the Commonwealth of…