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Carter v. State

Citations

  • 99 Miss. 206
  • 54 So. 805

Syllabus

<p>Seduction. Evidence. Corroboration, Criminal Lano Code 1906, section 1372.</p> <p>The allegations of an indictment under Code 1906, section 1372 that the woman seduced was “of previous chaste character” and ihat the carnal knowledge was obtained “by virtue of a false or feigned promise of marriage” cannot be maintained on the testimony of the prosecutrix alone, she must be corroborated by evidence upon these two points.</p>

Judges: McLain

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