Lasater v. State
Supreme Court of Arkansas
Appeal from Clay Circuit Court; Frederick D. Fuekerson, Judge; No time or place was ever fixed for marriage, therefore no breach. 5 Cyc. 1005. The court’s instructions as to corroboration of prosecutrix was erroneous. The essence of the crime is that the promise of marriage is false or feigned, and corroboration in that respect is necessary. 25 Am. & Eng. Enc.
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Appeal from Clay Circuit Court; Frederick D. Fuekerson, Judge; No time or place was ever fixed for marriage, therefore no breach. 5 Cyc. 1005. The court’s instructions as to corroboration of prosecutrix was erroneous. The essence of the crime is that the promise of marriage is false or feigned, and corroboration in that respect is necessary. 25 Am. & Eng. Enc. Law, 244-5 J 40 Ark. 482. The prosecutrix should be corroborated by evidence, independent of her own testimony, tending to identify the defendant as the party who committed the crime. 59 Ark. 379; 25 Am. & Eng. Enc. Law, 244. A bona…
1Opinion of the CourtRiddick, J.
This is an appeal from a judgment convicting the defendant, Clyde Lasater, of the crime of seduction, and sentencing him to imprisonment for one year 'in the State penitentiary as punishment therefor. It is not disputed that the defendant obtained carnal knowledge of the prosecuting witness, Lucy Robinson, who was a girl under eighteen years of age, and that she became pregnant and gave birth to a child as the result of such intercourse. But it is contended that it was not shown that the defendant obtained such carnal knowledge of the plaintiff by virtue of'an express promise of marriage, and…
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