Anderson v. Commonwealth

Gene Anderson, hereinafter called the defendant, was convicted by a jury of having seduced under promise of marriage, Mary Ellen Goff, an unmarried female of previous chaste character. Virginia Code, 1942 (Michie), section 4410. The verdict fixed his punishment at confinement in the penitentiary for two years. He assigns six errors alleged to have been committed by the trial court.

'The first two assignments of error relate to the sufficiency of the evidence to support the verdict; the third to the admission and exclusion of evidence; the fourth to the granting of certain instructions; the…