Legal Opinion

Lewis v. State

Mississippi Supreme Court

Decided March 15, 1916PublishedCited by 2 opinions

Appeal from the circuit court of. Forest county. Hon. J. M. Arnold, Judge. Jas. Lewis was convicted of seduction and appeals. The facts are fully stated in the opinion of the court.

1Opinion of the CourtStevens, J.

Appellant was indicted, .tried, 'and convicted on a charge of seduction. His appeal presents for consideration several question of interest, but .our view of the whole case renders it unnecessary to comment upon all the points raised by the assignment of errors. Upon the facts, as the attorney-general frankly concedes them to be, the prosecutrix was not materially corroborated, and the defendant was entitled to the peremptory instruction asked by him and refused by the trial court. There was no corroboration, either as to the act of intercourse, a promise of marriage, or previous chaste…

2Cases cited5 opinions

  1. Ferguson v. StateMississippi Supreme Court · 1894
  2. Carrens v. StateSupreme Court of Arkansas · 1905
  3. Long v. StateMississippi Supreme Court · 1911
  4. Carter v. StateMississippi Supreme Court · 1911
  5. Rogers v. StateSupreme Court of Arkansas · 1911

3Cited by2 opinions

  1. King v. StateMississippi Supreme Court · 1919
  2. Glover v. StateMississippi Supreme Court · 1918

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