State v. . McDade

0. S., 4339, as construed in many decisions, requires the State to satisfy the jury beyond a reasonable doubt of the existence and truth of three elements, to wit: (1) The innocence and virtue of the prosecutrix; (2) the promise of marriage; and (3) intercourse induced by such promise.

Moreover, the law further provides that the “unsupported testimony of the woman shall not be sufficient to convict.” State v. Moody, 172 N. C., 967, 90 S.E., 900; State v. Crook, 189 N. C., 545, 127 S. E., 579; State v. Shatley, 201 N. C., 83.

Much conflicting evidence was introduced at the trial, but it would…