State v. Bussey

This was a prosecution, under section 35 of the Crimes Act, in which Ed. Bussey was charged with abducting Alice Bixler, who was only sixteen years of age, and taking her away from her father and mother, without their consent, for the purposes of prostitution and concubinage. The information contained two counts. The first charged that he took her away for the purpose of prostitution, and the second, that he took her away for the purpose of concubinage. The trial resulted in a verdict finding him guilty upon both counts; but the State dismissed as to the first count of the information, and he…