Murray v. State
Supreme Court of Arkansas
Appeal from Howard Circuit Court; Percy Steel, special judge; Tbe court abused its discretion in denying tbe motion for continuance. 130 Ark. 245; 85 Id. 334; 99 Id. 394; 100 Id. 132; 67 Id. 290. Tbe evidence does not support tbe verdict. A conditional promise of marriage is not sufficient upon wbicb to predicate tbe charge of seduction. 130 Ark. 520. Tbe prosecutrix fixes no time, nor states the nature of any promise of marriage except tbe first.
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Appeal from Howard Circuit Court; Percy Steel, special judge; Tbe court abused its discretion in denying tbe motion for continuance. 130 Ark. 245; 85 Id. 334; 99 Id. 394; 100 Id. 132; 67 Id. 290. Tbe evidence does not support tbe verdict. A conditional promise of marriage is not sufficient upon wbicb to predicate tbe charge of seduction. 130 Ark. 520. Tbe prosecutrix fixes no time, nor states the nature of any promise of marriage except tbe first. If she did not consent, the act according to her testimony was rape; if she did 'consent as tbe defendant claims, then it was before tbe promise of…
1Opinion of the CourtSmith, J.
Appellant was charged with and convicted of having seduced Pearl Henderson, and has appealed.
The first error assigned for the reversal of the judgment is that the court erred in refusing to grant a continuance of the cause until the following term of the court on account of the absence of six men, named in the motion for a continuance, all of whom were residents of Howard County, where the trial • was pending, and whose attendance appellant had been unable to procure, although subpoenas had been duly issued for them. The indictment was returned August 25, -1921, and appellant was placed on…
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