State v. Jackson

The opinion of the court was delivered by

Gummere, J.

The plaintiffs in error were jointly indicted under section 115 of the Crimes act (Rev. 1898; Pamph. L., p. 826), which makes it a high misdemeanor for any person of the age of sixteen years or over to unlawfully or carnally abuse a woman under the age of sixteen, either with or. without her consent.

*106The indictment contained a single count and charged that “on the 31st day of March, in the year 1899, at the township of, &e., the said Emma W. Jackson and Frederick Kinsinger, then and there, each being of the age of sixteen years and over, did…