Wilson v. State
Supreme Court of Georgia
Criminal Law. Seduction. Laws. Charge of Court. Practice in the Superior Court. Jury. Before Judge Bartlett. Morgan Superior Court. September Term, 1876. Wilson was placed on trial for the crime of seduction. He pleaded not guilty. The jury found to the contrary.
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Criminal Law. Seduction. Laws. Charge of Court. Practice in the Superior Court. Jury. Before Judge Bartlett. Morgan Superior Court. September Term, 1876. Wilson was placed on trial for the crime of seduction. He pleaded not guilty. The jury found to the contrary. He moved for a new trial upon the following grounds, to-wit: 1. Because the court refused to charge the jury as follows : “ To authorize a conviction of seduction, under the Code of Georgia, there must be proof of persuasion and promises of marriage. Proof of persuasion, unless there be proof of promises of marriage also, is not…
1Opinion of the Court
Bleckley, Judge.
1. Even in penal statutes, the conjunction and is sometimes construed disjunctively as the equivalent of or-— Bishop on Statutory Crimes, §243. Without invoking this rule, however, the terms of the Code, §4311, touching “ persuasion and promises of marriage ” as means of seduction, may be satisfied by courtship or wooing, resulting in an engagement to marry, and by the successful use of that engagement, on the part of the suitor, to accomplish the ruin of a virtuous and confiding woman. Where consent to criminal intercourse is part of the original betrothal, and is procured…
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