Amburgey v. Commonwealth

MONTGOMERY, Judge.

James R. Amburgey was convicted of seduction and sentenced to confinement for one year. On appeal he urges that the crime of seduction cannot be committed upon a divorcee; that the trial court erred in the admission of testimony and in the instructions given to the jury; and that reversible error was committed by failing to have the grand jury proceedings reported.

KRS 436.010(1) provides:

“Any person who, under promise of marriage, seduces and has carnal knowledge of any female under twenty-one years of age, shall be confined in the penitentiary for not less than one nor more…