State v. Humburgs

Horowitz, A. C. J.

Defendant Humburgs was convicted of the crime of abduction. RCW 9.79.050(1) makes it a felony to “take a female under the age of eighteen years for the purpose of prostitution or sexual intercourse, . . .” Defendant 'appeals.

(The jury could have found the following as the facts of the case.

Judy, age 16, and Carlene, a girl friend, were each runaways from home. They temporarily lived together in a vacant house in the central area of Seattle. In the late afternoon of October 6,1968, the two girls went to a neighborhood store for candy and were accosted by the defendant…