State v. . Pace
Supreme Court of North Carolina
Appeal from Carter, J., at October Term, 1911, of OeaveN. The defendant was indicted under section 3354 for seduction under promise of marriage. There was a verdict of guilty, followed by judgment sentencing the defendant to the State Prison, from which judgment the defendant appealed. The facts are sufficiently stated in the opinion of the Court by Mr. Justice Brown.
1Opinion of the CourtBrown, J.
1. At the conclusion of the testimony of Hen-riette Dougherty, the prosecutrix, who testified for the State, the defendant filed a plea in abatement, averring that the said indictment could not be maintained in the county of Craven, blit should be tried in the county of New Hanover, where the , alleged act of seduction, according to testimony ’of the said witness, occurred. His Honor overruled the plea. The defendant excepted.
The findings of the judge show that at the preliminary hearing of this case when the defendant was bound over, all. of the facts set out in the plea of abatement…
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