State v. Eckelberry

Defendant was convicted of the crime of abduction of an unmarried girl under the age of 18 years for the purpose of sexual intercourse. He appeals.

The statute under which defendant was indicted and convicted reads as follows:

“Every person who shall take a female under the age of eighteen years, for the purpose of prostitution or sexual intercourse, s * * shall be guilty of abduction * * G. S. 1918, § 8659, subd. 1.

The state’s evidence is that on the afternoon of June 8 a stranger, identified as defendant, called in an automobile at the home of the complaining witness Lenora, on a farm two…