State v. Connor

Tbe statute under wbicb tbe conviction was bad, Revisa!, sec. 3360, is as follows:

“If any male person shall abduct or elope witb tbe wife of another, be shall be guilty of a felony, and upon conviction shall be imprisoned not less than one year nor more than ten years: Provided, that tbe woman, since her marriage, has been an innocent and virtuous woman: Provided, that no conviction shall be bad upon tbe unsupported testimony of any such married woman.”

Defendant, by exceptions properly noted, assigns for error:

1. That tbe Judge erred in charging tbe jury that tbe burden was on tbe defendant…