State v. Tilden

Citations

• 79 Wash. 472
• 140 P. 680
• 1914 Wash. LEXIS 1230

Syllabus

<p>Criminal Law — Evidence—Other Crimes — Seduction. Upon a prosecution for seduction, evidence of similar prior acts between tbe same parties is admissible.</p> <p>Seduction — Defenses—Previous Chaste Character — Effect of Prior Intercourse Between Parties. Upon a prosecution for seduction of a female of previous chaste character, committed on the 22d day of July, the accused cannot defend on the ground that the prosecutrix was not of previous chaste character on July 22, because of a prior act of intercourse between them on the 15th of the preceding month.</p> <p>Criminal Law — Evidence—Admissibility. In a prosecution for seduction, it is not error to allow the prosecutrix to explain letters from the accused in which he referred to her through a nickname, and employed ambiguous terms in reference to money to be sent and other matters.</p>