State v. Teal
Supreme Court of South Carolina
Before Smith, J., Greenville, Spring term, 1917. W. A. Teal was convicted of seduction, and he appeals. The following is the Judge’s charge: Mr. Foreman and gentlemen of the jury, at the time and place and in the manner therein described the defendant at the bar is charged in this bill of indictment with the statutory crime of seduction.
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Before Smith, J., Greenville, Spring term, 1917. W. A. Teal was convicted of seduction, and he appeals. The following is the Judge’s charge: Mr. Foreman and gentlemen of the jury, at the time and place and in the manner therein described the defendant at the bar is charged in this bill of indictment with the statutory crime of seduction. This crime did not exist under the English common law, which was made the basis of our system of jurisprudence in every State of the Union except the State of Louisiana, but it was made a crime under an early English' statute and it has been generally made a…
1Opinion of the Court
The opinion of the Court was delivered by
Mr. Justice Gage.
The defendant was found guilty of seduction by means of deception and promise of marriage. The judgment was 3 years imprisonment. The defendant has appealed.
There are 18 exceptions, but the argument expressly makes the following issues, stated in dependent order, to wit: (1) The question of corroborating testimony was wrongfully left in the first instance to the jury, when it ought to have been decided by the Court. (2) The Court admitted incompetent testimony for corroboration, to wit, the testimony of the woman’s father as to the…
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