State v. . Forbes

The criminal offense of which this defendant was convicted is statutory. Its essential elements appear in the language of the statute, C. S., 4339, and have been frequently stated-in the decisions of this Court to be: (1) Seduction, (2) promise of marriage, (3) innocence and virtue of the prosecutrix. In addition, the statute contains the further proviso that the “unsupported testimony of the woman shall not be sufficient to convict.”

So, that in order to sustain a conviction under this statute, to each of the constituent elements of the offense there must be “supporting testimony” in addition…