Cluck v. State
Court of Criminal Appeals of Oklahoma
Appeal from District Court, Le Flore Countyj Malcolm F. Rosser, Judge. Sterling Cluck was found guilty in the district court of Le Flore county of the crime of seduction, and 'his punishment was assessed at confinement in the penitentiary at MeAlester for 18 months, and he appeals.
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Appeal from District Court, Le Flore Countyj Malcolm F. Rosser, Judge. Sterling Cluck was found guilty in the district court of Le Flore county of the crime of seduction, and 'his punishment was assessed at confinement in the penitentiary at MeAlester for 18 months, and he appeals. Lola Bali testified that she was 18 years of age and lived ■at Cowlington; that she had known appellant for about four years; that her mother was dead; that her mother died when she was seven years of age; that appellant had been going with witness 2% years; that a year after appellant began going with witness they…
1Opinion of the CourtFubman, J.
First. The testimony in this case is clear and conclusive as to the guilt of appellant. Lola Ball testified that she had never had sexual intercourse with any other person than appellant. She gives -a detailed account of the manner in which her seduction was accomplished by appellant, all of which is corroborated by the circumstances of the case. Appellant did not take the witness stand, and offered no testimony in his behalf which threw any light upon the material questions in ..the case.
Section 6838, Comp. Laws 1909, Bev. Laws, 5886, is as follows:
“Upon a trial for inveigling, enticing or…
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