State v. Bryan
Supreme Court of Kansas
Appeal from, Smith District Court. On December 15, 1884, there was filed in the district court of Smith county, the following information, (court, title, verification and indorsements omitted:) “I, the undersigned, prosecuting attorney of said county, in the name, by the authority and on behalf of the state of Kansas, give information, that on or about the 3d day of November, 1884, in said county of Smith and state of Kansas, one H. B. Bryan, a male person, did then and…
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Appeal from, Smith District Court. On December 15, 1884, there was filed in the district court of Smith county, the following information, (court, title, verification and indorsements omitted:) “I, the undersigned, prosecuting attorney of said county, in the name, by the authority and on behalf of the state of Kansas, give information, that on or about the 3d day of November, 1884, in said county of Smith and state of Kansas, one H. B. Bryan, a male person, did then and there unlawfully and feloniously obtain illicit connection with one Hattie M. Kinsley, she, the said Hattie M. Kinsley, then…
1Opinion of the Court
The opinion of the court was delivered by
Hop-ton, C. J.:
The appellant was convicted for a violation of §36, chapter 31, Compiled Laws of 1879. This section reads as follows:
“ If any male person shall obtain illicit connection, under promise of marriage, with any female of good repute, under twenty-one years of age, he shall be adjudged guilty of a misdemeanor, and shall be punished by fine not exceeding three thousand dollars, or by imprisonment not exceeding two years, or both such fine and imprisonment: Provided, That the testimony of the woman alone shall not be sufficient evidence of a…
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