Miller v. Commonwealth

The accused, Russell Miller, has been convicted *894of seduction under promise of marriage, under Code 1919, section 4410. The parties were both young, the woman about nineteen years of age,- and the accused somewhat younger at the time of the alleged seduction. The evidence of the prosecutrix is clear, unequivocal and. corroborated. It meets every requirement of the statute to sustain the conviction. They had grown up together; he visited her frequently; he paid her the usual public attention; and he wrote her many affectionate letters before the occurrence.

There is a presumption of law71 that…