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13 Ind. 565

State v. Stogdel

Indiana Supreme Court

Decided November 15, 1859

Indiana Supreme Court · decided 1859-11-15

<p>APPEAL from the Howard Circuit Court.</p>

Decided 1859-11-15

Per Curiam.

¶1Indictment against the defendant for seduction. The indictment was quashed on motion of the defendant, and the state excepted.

¶2The 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.

¶3No objection has been pointed out to us, and we think there is none, which would authorize the quashing of the indictment.

¶4The judgment is reversed with costs. Cause remanded, &c.

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