State v. Hummer

i Seduction: prosecuTrix";1 evidence. I. There was testimony on behalf of defendant tending to show unchastity of the prosecutrix prior to the time of the alleged seduction, and the state in rebuttal was allowed, over defendant’s objection, to ask several witnesses as to the general reputation of the prosecutrix for morality prior to such alleged seduction. It is now contended for the appellant that the court erred in overruling the objection to this testimony, and in instructing the jury that, “Where the character of the prosecutrix for chastity is attacked, it is the right of the state to…