State v. . McKay

The defendant excepted and assigned error to the foregoing judgment on the ground that the court below should have held that the marriage between the parties, on 7 May, 1930, discharged the consent judgment of 11 April, 1929. The exception and assignment of error cannot be sustained.

C. S., 4339, is as follows: “If any man shall seduce an innocent and virtuous woman under promise of marriage, he shall be guilty of a felony, and upon conviction shall be fined or imprisoned at the discretion of the court, and may be imprisoned in the State prison not exceeding the term of five years; Provided,…