State v. Beverly
Supreme Court of Missouri
Appeal from Oregon Circuit Court. — Hon. Wm. N. Evans, Judge. (1) Concubinage is the cohabiting of a man and woman who are not legally married, and the gravamen of the offense of taking away a female from a person having legal charge of her for the purpose of concubinage, is the intent with which she is taken, and this intent may be, of course, gathered from all the facts and circumstances in evidence.
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Appeal from Oregon Circuit Court. — Hon. Wm. N. Evans, Judge. (1) Concubinage is the cohabiting of a man and woman who are not legally married, and the gravamen of the offense of taking away a female from a person having legal charge of her for the purpose of concubinage, is the intent with which she is taken, and this intent may be, of course, gathered from all the facts and circumstances in evidence. Under the statute and the adjudications of this court this is a crime consisting of intent wholly. If the intent is shown to exist at the time of taking, the offense is complete, regardless of…
1Opinion of the CourtPox, P. J.
This cause is here upon appeal from a judgment in the circuit court of Oregon county, convicting the defendant for taking one Emma Blankenship, a female under the age of eighteen-years, from her father,'J. M. Blankenship, for the purpose of concubinage. On the 8th of March, 1905', the prosecuting attorney filed an information duly verified, charging the defendant with the offense above indicated.
The act was alleged to have been committed on the 7th of March, 1905, in Oregon county, Missouri. The State’s evidence tended to prove that prosecutrix was the daughter of J. M. Blankenship and lived…
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