Legal Opinion

Lowber v. State

New York Court of General Session of the Peace

Decided February 28, 1917No. 7PublishedCited by 5 opinions

Howard D. Lowber was indicted for violation of Rev. Code 1915, § 4709, against using, etc., a female under the age of eighteen years, for immoral purposes. Verdict guilty. Motion in arrest of judgment denied. Accused brings error.

1Opinion of the Court

Pennewill, C. J.,

delivering the opinion of the court:

The plaintiff in error was convicted in the Court of General Sessions in and for Kent County, of a violation of Section 4709 of the Code of 1915, which makes it unlawful to take or use a female child under the age of eighteen years for the purpose of sexual intercourse.

[1] The only question argued before this court is raised by the exception to the ruling of the trial court which excluded certain evidence offered by the defendant.

The evidence of the state comprised the testimony of the prosecuting witness, that the defendant Lowber had…

2Cases cited1 opinion

  1. Fisher v. StateSupreme Court of Delaware · 1898

3Cited by5 opinions

  1. Van Arsdall v. StateSupreme Court of Delaware · 1987
  2. Ruffin v. StateSupreme Court of Delaware · 1956
  3. Bove v. StateSupreme Court of Delaware · 1926
  4. Thompson v. StateSupreme Court of Delaware · 2019
  5. Jenkins v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Oklahoma · 1945

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