Legal Opinion

Vowell v. State

Alabama Court of Appeals

Decided October 28, 1924No. 7 Div. 44PublishedCited by 11 opinions

1Opinion of the CourtBricken, P. J.

The defendant was convicted under section 7776, Code 1907, which statute denounces the offense of seduction and provides a punishment therefor.

The fact, if it be a fact, that an accusation or charge of this character is never known, or a prosecution therefor instituted, except in such cases where the alleged injured party becomes.pregnant, or the accused marries some other woman, is not a matter for this court to consider. It is the statute law of this state and the courts are required to enforce the law as they find it without differentiation, and the reason for the law, or the advisability…

2Cases cited8 opinions

  1. Wilson v. StateSupreme Court of Alabama · 1883
  2. Carney v. StateSupreme Court of Alabama · 1885
  3. Munkers v. StateSupreme Court of Alabama · 1888
  4. Suther v. StateSupreme Court of Alabama · 1897
  5. Sanders v. StateSupreme Court of Alabama · 1906

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3Cited by11 opinions

  1. Fuller v. StateAlabama Court of Appeals · 1948
  2. Hereford v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Alabama · 1992
  3. Gilbert v. StateAlabama Court of Appeals · 1932
  4. Bedingfield v. StateAlabama Court of Appeals · 1931
  5. Graham v. StateAlabama Court of Appeals · 1929

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