Zabriskie v. State

The opinion of the court was delivered by

Van Syckel, J.

Thé defendant is indicted under the second section of the act of March 30th, 1876, (Rev., p. 1295,) which provides:

“ That if any single man over the age of eighteen years, under promise of marriage, shall have sexual intercourse with any single female of good repute for chastity, under the age of twenty-one years, and she shall thereby become pregnant, any person so offending shall be deemed guilty of a misdemeanor, and on conviction, shall be punished by fine not exceeding $5000, or by imprisonment at hard labor for a period not…