Shaver v. Commonwealth

The accused has been convicted and sentenced to two j^ears confinement in the penitentiary upon an indictment charging him with seducing an unmarried female, of previous chaste character, under promise of marriage. There are three errors assigned. The first two may be treated together.

The trial court gave instruction No. 2, which reads: “The court instructs the jury that the exact time of the seduction is never material in a prosecution for the offense, and that it is not, therefore, essential that the prosecutrix should be corroborated as to the exact date. And the court further instructs…