State v. . Smith

The sufficiency of the evidence to carry the case to the jury is challenged only on one point, i.e., whether the promise of marriage rests alone on the “unsupported testimony of the woman.” The time of the seduction is fixed at about the middle of March, 1939. The defendant says it took place in April. In two letters to the prosecutrix, one dated 18 May, 1939, the other 21 -June, 1939, the defendant admitted the promise. In the last letter he speaks of the promise as having been made “long time ago.” This, taken with the other evidence in the ease, would seem to meet the requirements of the…