State v. Wise

The defendant was convicted of the crime of seducing one Sadie Lamb under promise of mar*281riage. When the case was called for trial, but before the commencement thereof, the defendant’s counsel, in open court, in the presence of the prosecutrix and other parties, produced a marriage license authorizing the solemnization of a marriage between the defendant and the prosecutrix; and the defendant thereupon offered to marry her, and requested the trial judge to perform the ceremony, but she declined. Whereupon defendant’s counsel moved to dismiss the indictment on account of such offer and refusal,…