Miller v. Commonwealth

Opinion op the Court by

Judge Miller

— Affirming.

The indictment charged appellant with having seduced a female under twenty-one years of age. Section 1214 of the Kentucky Statutes, reads as follows:

“Whoever shall, under promise of marriage, seduce and have carnal knowlédge of any female under twenty-one years of age, shall he guilty of a felony and, upon conviction therefor, shall he confined in the penitentiary not less than one year nor more than five years. No prosecution shall he instituted where the person charged shall have married the girl seduced, or offer and he willing to marry her,…