People v. Bord

Pee Ctjexam.

Under a statute which declares intermarriage between persons related within the prohibited degrees to be incest it has been held that the offense becomes complete upon intermarriage and that to sustain a conviction it is not necessary to establish carnal knowledge. Such statutes are common. “ It is entirely competent for the Legislature, upon declaring an act to be a crime, to designate it by any term that may be chosen for that purpose.” Intermarriage is the act of marrying. (State v. Schaunhurst, 34 Iowa, 547; Hintz v. State, 58 Wis. 493.)

The provision in the Domestic Relations…