Caldwell v. State
Supreme Court of Arkansas
Appeal from Lawrence Circuit Court. Frederick D. Fueicerson, Judge. STATEMENT BY THE COURT. Lee Caldwell was in 1899 indicted by the grand jury"of Independence County for the crime of seduction.
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Appeal from Lawrence Circuit Court. Frederick D. Fueicerson, Judge. STATEMENT BY THE COURT. Lee Caldwell was in 1899 indicted by the grand jury"of Independence County for the crime of seduction. The body of the indictment alleged that in December, 1898, Lee Caldwell, “being a single and unmarried man, unlawfully and feloniously did obtain carnal knowledge of one Dora Reeves, a single and unmarried female, by virtue of a false and feigned express promise of marriage previously made to her by the said Lee Caldwell, against the peace and dignity of the State of Arkansas.” Defendant was tried on…
1Opinion of the Court
Riddick, J.,
(after stating the facts.) This is an appeal from a judgment convicting the defendant of the crime of seduction. The first contention on the part of the defendant is that the indictment is fatally defective for the reason that it fails to allege that the seduced woman was of previous chaste character. This raises a question on which there is some conflict in our decisions, and we have given careful attention to the arguments of counsel thereon, and will now state our conclusions and some of the reasons therefor.
The crime of seduction was unknown to the common law. It rests alone…
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