State v. Moss

Tbe defendant was indicted January 13, 1925, for tbe crime of seduction, alleged to bave been committed June 11, 1924.

Tbe primary question on tbis appeal involves tbe sufficiency of tbe evidence to sustain tbe verdict. We therefore inquire whether from tbe whole record there is such a want of support for the verdict as requires a reversal. Tbis alleged want of support is directed not only to tbe artifice used, but to the previous chaste character of the prosecutrix and to the statutory corroboration.

Tbe gist of tbe crime of seduction is artifice, deceptive in character. It is vital that tbe…