Holland v. State
Holland v. State
Opinion of the Court
1. Under the rulings in Durrence v. State, 20 Ga. App. 192 (92 S. E. 962), and the facts of the instant case, the jury were authorized to find that the sexual intercourse between the accused and the prosecutrix was not a purely meretricious transaction, notwithstanding her testimony that the accused promised to marry her if she became pregnant.
2. Where a prosecution for seduction has been suspended by the marriage of the parties, and where it appears that the man has failed to comply with the provision of section 379 of the Penal Code of 1910, that he shall live with the female in good faith for five years, the prosecution can be revived. And where it is so revived, it is not incumbent upon the State
3. Under the above-stated rulings and the facts of the instant case, the verdict was authorized by the evidence, and none of the grounds of the amendment to the motion for a new trial shows reversible error.
Judgment affirmed.
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