People v. Smith
Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York
Appeal by the defendant, Weston J. Smith, from a judgment of the Court of General Sessions of the Peace in and for the county of New York, rendered on the 27th day of February, 1906, convicting the defendant of the crime of abduction, and also from an order denying the defendant’s motion for a new trial and in arrest of judgment.
1Opinion of the CourtLaughlih, J.
The indictment under which the defendant has been tried and found guilty charged him with the commission of the crime of abduction on the 11th day of January, 1906, committed by taking, receiving, harboring, employing and using, and causing and procuring to be taken, received, harbored, employed and used, one Annie Eppert, a female of the age of fourteen years, not his wife, for the purpose of sexual intercourse.
The defendant did not take the stand and there is but little conflict in the material evidence.
The complainant was an orphan, her mother having died when she was very young, and her…
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