The People v. . Plath
New York Court of Appeals
Appeal by defendant, August Platt (or Plath), from a judgment of the General Term of the Supreme Court in the first department, of May, 1885, affirming a judgment of the Court of General Sessions of New York, of March 2, 1885, convicting defendant of abduction under subd. 1, section 282 of the Penal Code. For the facts and points of counsel see the report of the case at General Term. 3 NY. Grim,. Rep. 129.
1Opinion of the Court
Buger, Ch J.
The defendant was indicted and, upon trial, convicted, of the crime of abduction, in that he, “with force and arms, feloniously did take one Katie Cavanaugh for the purpose of prostitution, she, the said Katie Cavanaugh, being then and there a female under the age of sixteen years.” It was essential, to the support of this conviction, that the people show.not only a talcing by the defendant within the meaning of the statute, but also that such taking was for the purpose of prostitution. Penal Code, § 282, as amended by section 2, chapter 46, Laws of 1884. If the evidence…
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