McTyier v. State
Supreme Court of Georgia
Before Judge Fish. Sumter superior court. May-term, 1892. Indictment for seduction of Miss Jennings; verdict of guilty; exception to denial of a new trial. Tbe motion for new trial sets forth the following: 1. Error in admitting the testimony of Miss Jennings, over the objection of defendant’s counsel, in relation to promises of marriage after the alleged seduction.
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Before Judge Fish. Sumter superior court. May-term, 1892. Indictment for seduction of Miss Jennings; verdict of guilty; exception to denial of a new trial. Tbe motion for new trial sets forth the following: 1. Error in admitting the testimony of Miss Jennings, over the objection of defendant’s counsel, in relation to promises of marriage after the alleged seduction. Error in permitting Miss Jennings to testify, over the objection of defendant’s counsel, “that he told me, if I yielded to him. that time, he would not ask me such a question any more there being no charge in the indictment of…
1Opinion of the Court
Bleckley, Chief Justice.
A full discussion of the numerous points ruled in this •case would require an opinion of great length and ■tedious minuteness. No such seems necessary; and merely to restate the points and reiterate the rulings ■announced in the syllabus would be unprofitable. In ■most instances, the correctness of these rulings is sufficiently apparent on the face of them. The propositions in which they are embodied and enunciated are almost .self-evident. We leave the case to stand on the head*264llotes, together with the facts set out in the official-report. Judgment affirmed.
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