De La Cerda v. State

DAVIDSON, Judge.

This is a seduction case; thez punishment, two years in the state penitentiary.

A statement of the facts is not deemed called for.

In cases of this character, the prosecutrix is an accomplice and must be corroborated. Art. 709, C. C. P. The corroboration must extend to both" the promise of marriage and the act of sexual intercourse. Mumford v. State, 120 Tex. Cr. R. 566, 47 S. W. (2d) 832; Kennedy v. State, 104 Tex. Cr. R. 152, 282 S. W. 813; Brewer v. State, 93 Tex. Cr. R. 213, 246 S. W. 663; Slaughter v. State, 86 Tex. Cr. R. 527, 218 S. W. 767.

In the instant case, the charge…