State v. . Connor

CLARK, C. J., and BROWN, J., dissenting. The statute under which the conviction was had, Revisal, sec. 3360, is as follows:

"If any male person shall abduct or elope with the wife of another, he shall be guilty of a felony, and upon conviction shall be imprisoned not less than one year nor more than ten years: Provided, that the woman, since her marriage, has been an innocent and virtuous woman: Provided, that no conviction shall be had upon the unsupported testimony of any such married woman."

Defendant, by exceptions properly noted, assigns for error:

1. That the Judge erred in charging the…