Schonberger v. Commonwealth
Supreme Court of Virginia
Error to judgment of hustings court of city of Richmond, rendered November 25, 1889, by which the plaintiff in error, Louis Schonberger, was sentenced to imprisonment in the penitentiary for the term of five years, in accordance with the verdict of the jury.
1Opinion of the CourtEauntleroy, J.
Louis Schonberger was indicted in the hustings court of the city of Richmond, on the 17th day of July, 1889, for, within *490twelve months previous to that date, unlawfully and feloniously seducing and having illicit connection with one Drucilla McDonough, an unmarried female of previous chaste character, under the promise of marriage. The case was continued from day to day and term to term (upon the motion of the accused, in every instance but one, when it was continued for the commonwealth because of the sickness of the prosecutrix), until the 19th day of November, 1889, when the accused on…
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