Whatley v. State

This is the second application for the writ of certiorari to review the judgment and opinion of the Court of Appeals in this case.

Defendant, Whatley, was on trial under an indictment charging seduction. It appears from the undisputed record that the trial court admitted in evidence against the defendant and over his objection a letter, written by defendant and delivered through the mail, to the main witness for the prosecution, the woman in the case, in words as follows:

“Dear Sybil: I told you, if you told I was the daddy of your baby, that I would kill you, if you come to court against me. I…