Upon a trial for inveigling, enticing or taking away an unmarried female of previous chaste character, under the age of twenty-five (25) years, for the purpose of prostitution, or aiding or assisting therein, or for having, under promise of marriage, seduced and had illicit connection with an unmarried female of previous chaste character, the defendant cannot be convicted upon testimony of the person injured unless she is corroborated by other evidence tending to connect the defendant with the commission of the offense.
R.L.1910, § 5886.