Hanson v. State

In the first special ground of the motion for a new trial, the defendant assigns error on the court’s permitting the solicitor-general, in his direct examination of the female whom the defendant was being tried for seducing, to lead the witness, as follows:

“Q. Did you allow him to have sexual intercourse with you? A. Yes sir. Q. Was that by his persuasion?”

Counsel for the defendant thereupon objected on the ground that the solicitor was leading his witness, and the court ruled, “I will not allow him to ask her that.”

“Q. Did he tell you that you were already engaged and were going to get…