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n ;c.·in.c;:wm,
Reedy
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that
do cei ..tify
this
c'ny
c.nc: Lac~0 oath:
eitl1er
That
or the
Jacob
s t1.t
t:1e
on t:10 1 Rt Sui1ci_oynight
sunr".c.Y nigJ.1t ir. Lrirc 11, 1907,
:fi·_• st
R. hyers,
he,
in F,3bru--:.ry, 1907,
in co11pa~1y wi tl1 one
a meet in 6 th'0n in pr ogre E'S at
rn1s at
Zio:1 Church,
in Iwckil:£fh: ..:.. cou:::.ty,. having,·,,ith
so.id. 1.oeting
and gone
t:.::.1a1.1ount
t.~e said
Uyers,left
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secutiT:.g
a call
,·":.,e ·:;oods near
i:rto
of' r:qt;:u-e,
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t1,0 C:J.se J.:1.tely
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co:.:. 01:.-:·o.2ltr v. John D. S:i1o'.7alter,
in the
act
of nexual
c.
rretzell
the
Rair: Fra..::k. Lloyd
arJ to
sexual
the
for
so: ..e fou:. ..
for
identification
i1 :~rcourse
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-ri vc y0ars,
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in i::r ua:'...c.' COUll'-Y,
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H. P.
one Fr:.nk
Lloyd;
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abo 1t one year;
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or the
Lloyd;
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Subscribed
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one Frarll(
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tl1c :mid Frar:k Lloyd
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t.:.
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the
1907,
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as
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sunc't.ay night
last.
i1, Larch,
ni.sht.
1:ess in the case
C.
on the
either
Yias at
sex:, al
in
ancl. !.:ac:e o--i.+h:
Sund.a
Reedy,
Public,
1..e, in LlY county
befo1"e
_,C.ll'Cd
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or Virginia,
fore~~,
b
March te·m,
in
he is
That
·was convicted.
o
That
a broti1cr
since
of the
said
have
that
Jo·
the
H. Ayers,
D. 0ho,;qlter
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of cert·1in
Jacob
persor.all.
Showaltei,
uo
vrho, at
the
of ono l.iiranda
c.
to-·,1t,
16th
on the
s.
wi tll or:e
said. ,Hohler,
since
tlle
aforesaid,
unclerst
tria2.
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John D. Shonal tcr
11_:;0n
tllin
retze11;
day
by
od that
and convictio
:1t.a~ed. tr.at
said
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H. Hohler
int~o1"::.."1.tionwhicl1 in their
te1.deo. to acq_Pi t the
day
of Rock-
of Hoc1U11glla1.1Coun~v-, Va.,
conviction,
he,
County
that. this
id,
Court
he l1a:. a· cor.vers-:t::.on
--:;cr:.~v
anc". Jacob
in possession
said
the
of John D. Sho',7alter
Circ·,lit
the
whom he wa.c inforr:1ed
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f~res
tl1e o:r::::·ense of secuction
of' Ap:::•il, 1908,
cu:-tia
in and for
co certify
co nty
.
of the
1908,
Public,
t _tJy 'irere
opinion
mi ·1t
0
of the offense
aforesaid;
That he,
saic~ Lohler,
ascert"
the
visi tcd
the
said
Curtis
inecl :f::or., t:1em the. t they
prosecuting
sexual
actins
r;itness
inte::.~course
Glv~n unc;er
ubscribec:.
in n-.y county
in the
Rc1vciy a d Ja~ob H. 1.ycrs
h.:.c1. r:ieen sai'l
)rosccution
iaranda
aforesaid,
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o-c' Vi:....,ginia,
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he
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to be material
of hie
to pr~1ce
case,
referred
to :prio:r
evidct1c0
consi3ts
of' J~hc
Re-?Cy tl1at
the
act
sexual
of
interco:·.rse
uas
Larch,
c_1arc;ed by the
il".tercouroe
trial
afores
ncle1"' r.y h2.nc1-this
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l8ti1
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'Jetzell
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. 8th
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Hiranda
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7et tzell
l7hich
rl2..y of April,
1908.
1908.
H. P.
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act
r,rosecutio:1
affiant
day
of cur tis
of' Febr-iJ_a:.~y or t:re
that
b0fo:.::e Le,
thin
a ne-t7 trial
R. i.YerQ and
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rri th one Prm:k
c.
evic~e11ce
ea.11, of' 1:nov:1e,·~.ge or the
tl1c tir::o at r:-hich in said
""c.
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APl'il,
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the
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of acquittal.
in t_ e lattc1·
c;aicl Hiranda
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te .:er..ts of Jacob
thGy
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r:i ';11 l1ero
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f>tE
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~.ge or
to o::.~at
1907,
was p:cioi'
di~1c0verec
a vei-•(.ict
'-w,.:etir ...e either
fi:....,~t l)ar·'·, of
1a::1
of
Co.l1..ty
of t.".e Circ-:..1.it Court
and. r1hich
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evic.:ence
clo CL:irtify
1908,
garc:i.1 tern,
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oaici
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The Court
da
C. Wetzell,
burden
tl10
of' impeaching
instructs
prosecutrix,
it
rests
the Jury
that
is presumed
the chastity
by
u90·'1 the accused.
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No
The Court instructs
used
in other
consent
of the
and influences
astray
instructions
fror!..
female
the Jury
in this
to unlawful
that
of virtue.
the word seduction
case is meant securing
sexual
which overcome he~ scruples.
the path
by
intercourse
by
To seduce
the
enticeffients
is to lead
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Instruction
The Court instructs
other
instructions
«annot
by other
accused
the Jury
conviction
be had upon tha testimony
testimony,
it
must not rest
must in addition
corroborates
tion
that
?
No.
be evidence
hers,
by the accused.
·.;hen it
is
in a case o:f this
of '!iranda
is meant that
wholly
that
the evidence
adds to,
as to the promise
in
character
c. Wetzell unsupported
against
upon her credibility,
that
said
but
strengthens,
of marriage
the
that
there
confirms
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The Cou:rt inntructs
prisoner
faction
at the
John
of
second,
D. Showalter
the Jury
tin::.c of the
of' mar::iage
that
the
all0gad
the
and ac<X'mplislled
the
act
after
Jury
that
in order
t:r1e :prosecution
beyond
betwe~n
No.
every
reasonable
seduction
said
thare
.Shci-;valter
of seduction
must
to convict
prove
doubt:
was done by the
and by means
of' said
to the
First,
,·;as an actual
and Miranda
the
c.
said
satis-
that
promise
Wetzell;
Showalter
promisi=; of marriage;
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The Court_instructs
promise
o~ marriage
supported
testimony
corrobo~ating
said
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the Jury
and the
seduction
o:f iaranda
evidence
cannot
c. 'letsell,
in addition
of the promise
that
to hers
the :facts
be proved
but
of tho
by
the un-
tl1t3re must be some
to supp0rt
of' mar::.-iage and the seduction
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said
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desires
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the
last
prisoner
attentions
her
claim
marriage.
ru.::.-ther instructs
instruction
th~ cannot
John D. JlluY: alter
to the
that
No.
said
treat
prior
Miranda
the Jury
the mere fact
to the
c.
slle and the prisone:r
in
th.-:t considering
Wetzell
alleged
tl1at
seduction
as co:rroborative
were under
mutual
the
shovrnd
of
promise
of
��Commonwealth of Virginia,
COUNTY OF ROCKINGHAM, To=wit:
IN THE CIRCUIT COURT OF SAID COUNTY:
The jurors of the Commonwealth
and now attending
of Virginia,
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against the peace and dignity of the Commonwealth
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charged from imprisonment,
and do hereby pardon
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Rockingham County Criminal Court: Criminal Cases
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Rockingham County Criminal Court
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JMU Libraries
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1820-1971; currently digitized: 1820-1930.
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1908
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Commonwealth v. John Showalter
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Defendant charged with felony seduction.
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Felony
Seduction
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Rockingham County Criminal Court
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Jennifer Taylor
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CCR001_005_130
Lloyd
Myers
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Showalter
Wetzell