State v. Tucker

The opinion of the court was delivered by

Graves, J.:

On April 5, 1905, the defendant was convicted and sentenced by the district court of Edwards county to confinement in the penitentiary for not exceeding five years for taking Minnie Bishop, a female under the age of eighteen years, away from the county without the consent of her parent or guardian, for the purpose of concubinage, in violation of section 2020 of the General Statutes of 1901, which reads:

“Every person who shall take away any female, under the age of eighteen years, from her father, mother, guardian, or other person having…