ANDERSON v. COMMONWEALTH


57 S.E.2d 89 (1950)

190 Va. 329

ANDERSON v. COMMONWEALTH.

Supreme Court of Appeals of Virginia.

January 16, 1950.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

E. W. Potts, Fred C. Parks, Abingdon, for plaintiff in error.

Attorney General J. Lindsay Almond, Jr., Special Assistant Attorney General Frederick T. Gray, for Commonwealth.


SPRATLEY, Justice.

Gene Anderson, hereinafter called the defendant, was convicted by a jury of having seduced under promise of marriage, Mary Ellen Goff, an unmarried female of previous chaste character. Virginia Code, 1942, (Michie), section 4410. The verdict fixed his punishment at confinement in the penitentiary for two years. He assigns six errors alleged to have been committed by the trial court.

The first two assignments of error relate to the sufficiency...

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