State v. Moody
Supreme Court of North Carolina
ObimiNal action tried, before Ferguson, J., and a jury, at Fall Term, 1916, of Jackson. Defendant was convicted and appealed.
1Opinion of the CourtWalker, J.
Tbe defendant was indicted for tbe seduction of an innocent and virtuous woman under a promise of marriage. Revisal, see. 3354.
Tbe statute provides tbat tbe “unsupported testimony” of tbe woman shall not be sufficient to convict.
There are three essential elements of this crime: first, tbe seduction; second, tbe innocence and virtuousness of tbe woman; third, tbe promise of marriage inducing consent of tbe woman to tbe sexual act. S. v. Pace, 159 N. C., 462; S. v. Cline, 170 N. C., 751. Tbe prosecutrix testified to tbe defendant’s promise of marriage; tbat she was persuaded by it to have…
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