Note 515 — Chapter IV
Henry P. (Henry Pomeroy) Horton translation
We must notice, further, one kind of crime of passion, the revenge of a woman seduced and then abandoned. Besides sexual jealousy there are, in these cases, other motives playing their part. Often the woman has not given herself for love alone, but also with the prospect of a marriage, or a betterment of her economic position. It is not sexual vengeance that is the sole motive here then, but also vengeance for economic reasons.515 Further the prohibition of inquiring into the question of paternity may also enter in.516