State v. Walker
Supreme Court of Missouri
Appeal from Benton Circuit Court. — Row. C. A. Denton, Judge. (1) The court erred in refusing to grant the defendant a new trial, for the reason that the law was not properly declared in this case as to what it takes to constitute good repute.
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Appeal from Benton Circuit Court. — Row. C. A. Denton, Judge. (1) The court erred in refusing to grant the defendant a new trial, for the reason that the law was not properly declared in this case as to what it takes to constitute good repute. The question of paramount importance in a case of this kind is, was the prosecutrix of good repute at the time of the commission of the alleged offense? And the answer is what people of her acquaintance generally say of her in this regard; that is, the general credit for chastity which she hears among her neighbors and acquaintances. State v. Fogg, 206…
1Opinion of the CourtKennish, P. J.
The defendant was tried and convicted in the circuit court of Benton county, upon an information charging the offense of the seduction, under promise of marriage, of one Maude C. Yeager, an unmarried female of good repute, under the age of twenty-one years. His punishment was assessed at imprisonment in the penitentiary for a term of two years and, from the judgment pronounced, he appealed to this court.
At the trial, the evidence for the State tended to prove the following facts:
That Maude C. Yeager, the prosecutrix, was an unmarried female of good repute, under twenty-one years of age, and…
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- State v. SattleySupreme Court of Missouri · 1895
- State v. SassamanSupreme Court of Missouri · 1908
- State v. WooleySupreme Court of Missouri · 1909
- State v. FoggSupreme Court of Missouri · 1907
- State v. GregorySupreme Court of Missouri · 1902
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