State v. Gilson

The defendant was indicted for the crime of fornication which is defined by Section 2077, Or. L., as follows: “If any male person over the age of eighteen years shall, in such manner as does not make the act rape, carnally know any female person of previous chaste and moral character, who is over the age of sixteen years and under the age of eighteen years, and is not his lawful wife, such male person shall be deemed guilty of fornication, and upon conviction thereof, shall be punished,” etc.

To this indictment the defendant entered a plea of not guilty. He was tried, convicted and sentenced…