Anderson v. State
Supreme Court of Alabama
Appeal from the Circuit Court of Blount. Tried before the Hon. John B. Tally. The appellant in this case, Adolphus E. Anderson, was indicted, tried and convicted for the seduction of Izora Compton ; and sentenced to the penitentiary for five years. The evidence for the State tended to show that the defendant was guilty as charged in the indictment; while the defendant attempted to show that the said Izora Compton was unchaste.
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Appeal from the Circuit Court of Blount. Tried before the Hon. John B. Tally. The appellant in this case, Adolphus E. Anderson, was indicted, tried and convicted for the seduction of Izora Compton ; and sentenced to the penitentiary for five years. The evidence for the State tended to show that the defendant was guilty as charged in the indictment; while the defendant attempted to show that the said Izora Compton was unchaste. Thomas Bright, a witness for the State, testified that ‘ ‘ the defendant came to where he was at work in his field in April, 1893, [after he had been arrested for…
1Opinion of the CourtHead, J.
The defendant was indicted and tried for the offense of seduction under the statute, (Code, § 4015), which provides that “Any man, who, by means, of temptation, deception, arts, flattery, or a promise of marriage, seduces any unmarried woman in this State, must, on conviction, be imprisoned in the penitentiary,” &c., “ but no indictment or conviction shall be had, under this section, on the uncorroborated testimony of the woman upon whom the seduction is charged ; and no conviction shall be had if, on the trial, it is proved that such woman was, at the time of the alleged offense, unchaste.”
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