Smith v. State

Carlisle, Judge.

1. Where the defendant was indicted for the offense of seduction in that he did “by persuasion and promises of marriage seduce” a named female “who was then and there a virtuous unmarried female, and did then and there induce her to yield to his lustful embraces and allow him to have carnal knowledge of her,” in order to authorize a conviction the State must prove persuasion und promises of marriage. Eichwurtzle v. State, 54 Ga. App. 205 (4) (187 S.E. 606).

2. A consent to the act of sexual intercourse based solely upon a promise of marriage as a consideration moving to the…