Babers v. State

Appellant was convicted of having seduced Era Zachary by virtue of a false express promise of marriage. According to the testimony on behalf of the prosecution, appellant and Miss Zachary became engaged in the summer of 1922, and she yielded her virginity at that time because of her. love for him and his promise to marry her. The testimony to this effect is sufficiently corroborated to support the verdict of guilty returned by the jury.

Appellant denied having promised to marry Miss Zachary, and he also denied having carnally known her, and he attempted to show that about the time the baby…