State v. Ellis

Holt, Justice.

Defendant, convicted of a violation of 2 Mason Minn. St. 1927, § 10128, appeals from the order denying a new trial and from the judgment. Two main grounds are urged for a reversal: (a) The verdict is contrary to the evidence and the law; and (b) the court erred in certain specified instructions.

That part of § 10128 which defendant was charged with transgressing reads: “Every person who shall take a female under the age of eighteen years, for the purpose of prostitution or sexual intercourse, * * * shall be guilty of abduction and punished,” etc. The indictment as amended charged…