State v. Bunker
Supreme Court of Kansas
Appeal from, Ness District Court. On May 18, 1887, there was filed in the district court of Ness county the following information, omitting caption and verification: “I, Silas W. Porter, the undersigned, county attorney of said county, in the name, by the authority and on behalf of the state of Kansas, come now here and give the court to understand and be informed that on the 15th day of July, 1885, in said county of Ness and state of Kansas, one James M. Bunker did then and…
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Appeal from, Ness District Court. On May 18, 1887, there was filed in the district court of Ness county the following information, omitting caption and verification: “I, Silas W. Porter, the undersigned, county attorney of said county, in the name, by the authority and on behalf of the state of Kansas, come now here and give the court to understand and be informed that on the 15th day of July, 1885, in said county of Ness and state of Kansas, one James M. Bunker did then and there unlawfully and feloniously, in a certain action then pending in the district court, in and for said Ness county,…
1Opinion of the Court
The opinion of the court was delivered by
Horton, C. J.:
James M. Bunker, aged thirty-seven, seduced Cecilia Monroe, aged fifteen, in Sumner county, in this state, in 1883. At the time, they were engaged to be mar*740ried; but soon after, Bunker went to North Carolina, where he remained six months. While he was absent, Cecilia was delivered of a child. Upon Bunker’s return to the state, in the spring of 1884, the father of Cecilia brought an action against Bunker for the seduction of his daughter. Bunker married Cecilia, at Wellington, on May 27, 1884, and the civil proceedings brought against him…
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