Williams v. State

Citations

• 92 Miss. 70
• 45 So. 146

Syllabus

<p>1. Criminal Law and Procedure. Continuance. Discretion.</p> <p>The granting of a continuance is largely in the discretion of the trial court and a refusal to 'continue a case will not be reversible error where there was no abuse of the discretion.</p> <p>2. Same. History of the cause. Previous applications.</p> <p>Facts examined in the light of the history of the cause and previous continuances and the denial of an application approved.</p> <p>3. Same. Seduction. Code 1892, § 1298. Code 1906, § 1372. Offer to marry. Effect on offense.</p> <p>Under Code 1892, § 1298, Code 1906, § 1372, defining seduction as the obtaining of carnal knowledge of a previously chaste woman through a false or feigned promise of marriage, a subsequent unaccepted offer by the seducer to marry the prosecutrix will not bar a conviction.</p>