Slocum v. People
Illinois Supreme Court
Writ of Error to the Circuit Court of Henry county; the Hon. John J. Glenn, Judge, presiding. This was an indictment against Jay Slocum and Rose Slocum for the abduction of Alcinda Templeton, containing two counts. The first charges the defendants with having enticed Alcinda Templeton, an unmarried female of chaste life and conversation, from her parents’ house, for the purpose of prostitution.
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Writ of Error to the Circuit Court of Henry county; the Hon. John J. Glenn, Judge, presiding. This was an indictment against Jay Slocum and Rose Slocum for the abduction of Alcinda Templeton, containing two counts. The first charges the defendants with having enticed Alcinda Templeton, an unmarried female of chaste life and conversation, from her parents’ house, for the purpose of prostitution. The second charges them with having enticed her away from her parents’ house for the purpose of concubinage. A trial was had, resulting in a verdict finding the defendants guilty, and fixing their term…
1Opinion of the CourtJustice Bakes
■ We are called upon to give a construction to the first section of the Criminal Code, Revised Statutes 1874, p. 352, which reads as follows:
“ Whoever entices or takes away any unmarried female of a chaste life and conversation from the parents’ house, or wherever she may be found, for the purpose of prostitution or concubinage, and whoever aids and assists in such abduction for such purpose, shall be imprisoned in the penitentiary not less than one nor more than ten years.”
The first question that arises upon this record is, as to what constitutes an enticing or taking away from the parents’…
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