State v. Abrisch

The specific charge in the indictment is that the •defendant, at a time and place specified, “wilfully and feloniously, under promise of marriage to Tillie Otto, her, the said Tillie Otto, •did then and there seduce and have sexual intercourse with, — said Tillie Otto being then and there an unmarried female of previous ■chaste character, — contrary to the form of the statute,” etc. Section 242 of the Penal Code enacts that “a person who, under promise of marriage, seduces and has sexual intercourse with an unmarried female of previous chaste character, is punishable,” etc. The language of…