Collum v. State

Appellant, a married man, was convicted of the offense of seduction. The woman, Miss Zoda Morton, of full age, alleged to be seduced, testified as a witness for the state, and during the course of her cross-examination the following, according to the recitals of the bill of exceptions, occurred:

“At this point, the witness, Zoda Morton, apparently fainted in the witness chair and ke.eled over to the side of the chair. The court then suspended and Mrs. C. T. Morton, the mother of the witness, appeared in court in the presence of the jury to take the witness from the room. The mother appeared to…