State v. Ferris
Supreme Court of Connecticut
Information for carnally knowing and abusing a female child under the age of sixteen years, brought to the Superior Court in Fairfield County and tried to the jury before Gteorge W. Wheeler, J.; verdict and judgment of guilty, and appeal by the defendant.
1Opinion of the CourtThayer, J.
Section 1148 of the General Statutes, under which the information was filed, provides that “ every person who shall carnally know and abuse any female under the age of sixteen years ” shall be punished. The court instructed the jury that the terms “ carnal knowledge ” and “ abuse ” when applied to a female under the age of consent, in such a statute, means carnal knowledge, that “ carnal knowledge ” meant sexual bodily connection or sexual intercourse, and that the term “ abuse ” was not to be construed independently and as compelling proof of injury to the genital organs in addition to…
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