Territory v. Fernandez

Citations

• 24 Haw. 617
• 1919 Haw. LEXIS 75

Syllabus

<p>Seduction — promise of marriage — corroboration.</p> <p>In a prosecution for the offense of seduction under section 3902 R. L. 1915 tbe testimony of tbe female of tbe promise of marriage, alleged to bave been made to ber by tbe defendant prior to tbe sexual act, must be corroborated by evidence either direct or circumstantial.</p> <p>Same — same—same—presumption.</p> <p>The testimony of the prosecutrix to the effect that just prior to the act of sexual intercourse on the 5th day of May, 1917, the defendant had promised to marry her is not corroborated by other evidence that in July, 1917, the defendant declared his intention to be married the following Christmas. Presumptions do not run backward; they are not retroactive.</p>