State v. Palmquist

The defendant demurred to an information charging him with taking indecent liberties with a girl of the age of 14 years and under the age of 16, contrary to the provisions of L. 1927, p. 546, c. 394, which is amendatory of G. S. 1923, § 10132. The point of the demurrer is that the statute is unconstitutional in raising the age of consent from 14 years to 16 years. The trial court certifies the question to this court pursuant to G. S. 1923, § 10756, as important and doubtful.

The statute prior to the 1927 amendment was directed against any person who took indecent liberties with or on the…