State v. Stogdel

Nov 15, 1859
Reporters:
Per Curiam.

Indictment against the defendant for seduction. The indictment was quashed on motion of the ‍‌‌‌​‌‌​‌‌‌​​​‌​‌‌‌​‌‌​‌​‌‌‌​‌​‌​​​‌​‌​‌‌‌‌​​‌‌​​‌‌​​​‌‌​​‌​‌​​​‌​‌‌​‌​​‌​​‌‌​‌‌​‌​‌​‌​‌​​​​​‌‌‌​‍defendant, and the state excepted.

The indictment seems to be sufficiently formal, and states, in substance, that the defendant, on, &c., at, &c., had illicit carnal intercourse with one Mary Deeter, a female ‍‌‌‌​‌‌​‌‌‌​​​‌​‌‌‌​‌‌​‌​‌‌‌​‌​‌​​​‌​‌​‌‌‌‌​​‌‌​​‌‌​​​‌‌​​‌​‌​​​‌​‌‌​‌​​‌​​‌‌​‌‌​‌​‌​‌​‌​​​​​‌‌‌​‍of good repute for chastity, and under the age of twenty-one years, under a promise of marriage- made by the defendant to said Mary. The indictment is too long, *566and ‍‌‌‌​‌‌​‌‌‌​​​‌​‌‌‌​‌‌​‌​‌‌‌​‌​‌​​​‌​‌​‌‌‌‌​​‌‌​​‌‌​​​‌‌​​‌​‌​​​‌​‌‌​‌​​‌​​‌‌​‌‌​‌​‌​‌​‌​​​​​‌‌‌​‍contains too much verbiage and tautology, to justify its insertion in this opinion; But it contains, in substance, a charge of the crime of seduction, as defined ‍‌‌‌​‌‌​‌‌‌​​​‌​‌‌‌​‌‌​‌​‌‌‌​‌​‌​​​‌​‌​‌‌‌‌​​‌‌​​‌‌​​​‌‌​​‌​‌​​​‌​‌‌​‌​​‌​​‌‌​‌‌​‌​‌​‌​‌​​​​​‌‌‌​‍in § 15, 2 R. S. p. 401.

D. Nation, for the state. C. D. Murray, for the appellee.

No objection has been pointed out to us, and we think there is none, which ‍‌‌‌​‌‌​‌‌‌​​​‌​‌‌‌​‌‌​‌​‌‌‌​‌​‌​​​‌​‌​‌‌‌‌​​‌‌​​‌‌​​​‌‌​​‌​‌​​​‌​‌‌​‌​​‌​​‌‌​‌‌​‌​‌​‌​‌​​​​​‌‌‌​‍would authorize the quashing of the indictment.

The judgment is reversed with costs. Cause remanded, &c.