State v. Livingston
Supreme Court of South Carolina
Before Gary, J., Conway, September, 1915. Thomas W. Livingston was convicted under section 389 of the Criminal Code, and appeals.
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Before Gary, J., Conway, September, 1915. Thomas W. Livingston was convicted under section 389 of the Criminal Code, and appeals. Section 389 is as follows : “Any male person above the age of 16 years, who shall, by any means of deception and promise of marriage, seduce any unmárried woman in this State, shall, upon conviction, be deemed guilty of a misdemeanor, and shall be fined or imprisoned, at the discretion of the Court; but no conviction shall be had under this section on the uncorroborated testimony of the woman upon whom the seduction is charged; and no conviction shall be had if on…
1Opinion of the Court
The opinion of the Court was delivered by
Mr. Justice Gage.
The defendant was convicted under section 389 of the Criminal Code of the State. The section will be reported. The man was 35 years old and the girl was'17 years old.
There are three exceptions, but only two of them were argued, and they make in truth only two issues.
1 1. A witness for the defendant was asked what the prosecutrix had told the witness about this difficulty with the defendant after it was over. The difficulty referred to was the alleged seduction of the prosecutrix by the defendant. The witness answered, “I heard her tell…
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