State v. Desilets

The crime of committing unnatural and lascivious acts (R. L., c. 449, s. 9) is more comprehensive in the scope of the conduct prohibited than the common law crime of sodomy. State v. Vredenburg, 91 N. H. 372. The defendant contends, however, that there can be no valid conviction because Laws 1949, c. 314, an act relating to the care, treatment and rehabilitation of sexual psychopaths, effective July 28, 1949, impliedly repeals the statute under which he was found guilty. Repeal by implication “is not to be found if any other reasonable construction may avoid it.” State v. Wilton Railroad, 89…