State v. Bruton
Supreme Court of Missouri
Appeal from Greene Criminal Court. — Hon. Alfred Page, Judge. (1) The evidence, considered as a whole, does not constitute sufficient corroboration of any promise of marriage by the defendant and accepted by the prosecutrix, and is not sufficient to overcome the legal presumption of innocence and the testimony offered by the defendant.
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Appeal from Greene Criminal Court. — Hon. Alfred Page, Judge. (1) The evidence, considered as a whole, does not constitute sufficient corroboration of any promise of marriage by the defendant and accepted by the prosecutrix, and is not sufficient to overcome the legal presumption of innocence and the testimony offered by the defendant. State v. Long, 238 Mo. 383; State v. Teeter, 239 Mo. 475'. (2) By the prosecutrix’s own statement, the promise was to marry her if he got her into trouble, then there was "no seduction. State v. Thomas, 231 Mo. 41. (3) The court refused the offer of the…
1Opinion of the CourtFaris, J.
Defendant was tried in the criminal court of Greene county on July 23, 1912, upon an information charging him with seduction under promise of marriage, for that it was averred, he had seduced and debauched one Susan Reynolds, an unmarried female of good repute, under the age of 21 years. He was found guilty by the' jury, which assessed his punishment at a fine of three hundred dollars and imprisonment in the county jail for a term of 180 days. From this verdict and the judgment following same he has appealed to this court.
The testimony in the case tends to show that defendant and prosecutrix…
2Cases cited11 opinions
- State v. HillSupreme Court of Missouri · 1886
- State v. TeeterSupreme Court of Missouri · 1912
- State v. PrimmSupreme Court of Missouri · 1889
- State v. HeedSupreme Court of Missouri · 1874
- State v. McCaskeySupreme Court of Missouri · 1891
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