State v. Stoyell
Supreme Judicial Court of Maine
Indictment for a violation of c. 4, of the Public Laws of 1861. The case came before the full Court on demurrer to the evidence.
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Indictment for a violation of c. 4, of the Public Laws of 1861. The case came before the full Court on demurrer to the evidence. It was proved that the unmarried female named in the indictment, was, on March 2, 1866, residing in her father’s family, in this county; that she then went to the railroad station to meet her music teacher, where she met the defendant, with whom she had slight acquaintance; that the defendant urged her to go with him by the cars, then about starting, to a neighboring town for a ride, promising her, as an inducement, that he would bring her back in a carrioge in two…
1Opinion of the CourtAppletoN, C. J.
The defendant is indicted for a violation of c. 4, § 1, of the Acts of 1861.
ByR. S., 1857, c. 124, § 6, "if an unmarried man commits fornication with an unmarried woman, they shall each be punished by imprisonment not more than sixty days and by fine not exceeding one hundred dollars.”
By c. 4, § 1, of the Acts of 1861, "whoever fraudulently and deceitfully entices or takes away an unmarried female from her father’s house, or wherever else she may be found, for the purpose of prostitution, at a house of ill-fame, assignation or elsewhere, and whoever aids and assists in such abduction or…
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