State v. Lauzer

Taylor, C.

The defendant was convicted of the crime of abduction and appeals from an order denying a new trial.

The indictment is drawn under the first part of the first subdivision of section 8659, G. S. 1913, and charges defendant with taking Norma Horner, a female under the age of 18 years, for the purpose of sexual intercourse. Section 8659, G. S. 1913, contains 4 subdivisions defining the different ways in which the crime of abduction may be committed. The first.subdivision provides:

“Every person who shall take a female under the age of eighteen years, for the purpose of prostitution or…