State v. Pucca
New York Court of General Session of the Peace
The prisoner was indicted at this term upon the charge of Using a Female Child for the Purpose of Sexual Intercourse. At the trial the State- adduced evidence to the effect that the prosecuting witness, Rosalio Emiedo, an Italian girl, was twelve years old at the time of the commission of the alleged crime on February 1, 1902; that on said date the prisoner had sexual intercourse with the prosecuting witness in the bed-room of his house at Second and Washington streets in…
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The prisoner was indicted at this term upon the charge of Using a Female Child for the Purpose of Sexual Intercourse. At the trial the State- adduced evidence to the effect that the prosecuting witness, Rosalio Emiedo, an Italian girl, was twelve years old at the time of the commission of the alleged crime on February 1, 1902; that on said date the prisoner had sexual intercourse with the prosecuting witness in the bed-room of his house at Second and Washington streets in the city of Wilmington; that afterwards he showed her a large knife and said to her if she told on him he would kill her,…
1Opinion of the Court
Lore, C. J.,
charging the jury:
Gentlemen of the jury:—Lugi Pucca, the prisoner at the bar, *76is charged in the indictment with using for the purpose of sexual intercourse, on the first day of February, 1902, in this county, Rosalio Emiedo, a female under eighleen years of age.
The charge is brought under the act of Assembly, passed on March 29, 1889, which provides that, “ Whoever takes, receives, employs, harbors or uses or causes or procures to be taken, received, employed, harbored or used a male or female under the age of eighteen years, for the purpose of sexual intercourse, shall be deemed…
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