State v. . Hopper

This was a criminal indictment against the defendant. The bill of indictment charges that "With force and arms, at and in the county aforesaid, unlawfully, wilfully and feloniously did abduct and elope with Mrs. Jesse Gilbert, wife of Jesse Gilbert, she, the said Mrs. Jesse Gilbert, since her marriage having been an innocent and virtuous woman."

The defendant did not introduce any testimony.

The State introduced Jesse Gilbert, husband of prosecutrix, who testified as follows:

"That he and Grace Gilbert were married in 1916; that her maiden name was Grace Brooks and that they were married at…