Legal Opinion

Jones v. State

Tennessee Supreme Court

Decided April 15, 1886PublishedCited by 3 opinions

FROM SHELBY. Appeal in error from the Criminal Court of Shelby county. A. H. Douglass, J.

1Opinion of the CourtCooke, J.

The indictment against the prisoners is as follows: *467that, they on, etc., “ wilfully, unlawfully and feloniously did entice and procure Agnes Lester, a female under the age of fifteen years, theretofore reputed to be a ■virtuous female, to leave the house of her parents, and resort to places and houses for the purpose of prostitution, against,” etc.

Section 5370, of the new Code, is as follows: “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 concubinage, shall,. upon…

2Cited by3 opinions

  1. Church v. StateTennessee Supreme Court · 1960
  2. Warden v. StateTennessee Supreme Court · 1964
  3. Ellis v. StateTennessee Supreme Court · 1930

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