State v. Bollerman

Defendant is charged with seducing one Kate Lehr on Thanksgiving Day, 1891. The evidence to prove the act of intercourse consists entirely *461of her testimony, and it is claimed to be wholly insufficient to show the offense of seduction, and that there is no corroboration to warrant a conviction. We think the claim that the evidence does not show seduction must be sustained. The evidence of seductive arts is exceedingly light. From July to some time in the fall of 1889 there were platform dances at the home of the prosecuting witness (her father’s house), and the defendant met her at those…