Griffin v. State
Tennessee Supreme Court
FROM JEFFERSON. Appeal in error from the Circuit Court of Jefferson County. W. R. Hicks, Judge.
1Opinion of the CourtJustice Neil
delivered the. opinion of the Court.
There is no error in the judgment of the court below, and it must he affirmed. We have examined all the grounds assigned for reversal, and find none of them well taken. They are as follows:
1. That the indictment fails to aver the chastity of the female alleged to have been abducted. The statute reads: “Any person who takes any female from her father, mother, guardian, or other person having the legal charge of her, without his or her consent, for the purpose of prostitution or concubi*20nage, shall, upon conviction, be imprisoned in the penitentiary not less…
2Cases cited15 opinions
- Crain v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1896
- State v. CarrOregon Supreme Court · 1876
- State v. FlintSupreme Court of Missouri · 1876
- State v. MurphySupreme Court of Missouri · 1871
- Villines v. StateTennessee Supreme Court · 1896
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3Cited by23 opinions
- State v. JeffersonTennessee Supreme Court · 1975
- Scopes v. StateTennessee Supreme Court · 1927
- Bailey v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Tennessee · 1972
- Wood v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Oklahoma · 1910
- Jamison v. StateTennessee Supreme Court · 1906
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