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" Every person who takes any woman unlawfully, against her will, and by force, menace, or duress, compels her to marry him, or to marry any other person, or to be defiled, is punishable by imprisonment in the state prison not less than two nor more than... "
Prize Essay on the Laws for the Protection of Women - Page 150
by James Edward Davis - 1854 - 247 pages
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The Revised Statutes of the State of New-York: Passed During the ..., Volume 2

New York (State) - Law - 1829 - 882 pages
...unlawfully, against ^~y^?/ her will, with the intent to compel her by force, menace or duress, for th.t jiut- to marry him, or to marry any other person, or to be defiled, upon conviction thereof, shall be punished by imprisonment in a state prison for such term as the court...
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The Revised Statutes of the State of New-York: Passed During the ..., Volume 2

New York (State) - Law - 1829 - 878 pages
...unlawfully, against her will, with the intent to compel her by force, menace or duress, for that i«ir- to marry him) Or to marry any other person, or to be defiled, upon conviction thereof, shall be punished by imprisonment in a state prison for such term as the court...
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The Magistrate's Criminal Law: A Practical Treatise on the Jurisdiction ...

Oliver Lorenzo Barbour - Criminal law - 1841 - 834 pages
...AWAY OF FEMALES, AND COMPELLING THEM TO MARRY, &,c. By the revised statutes, any person who shall take any woman unlawfully, against her will, and by force, menace or duress, compel her to marry him or another, or to be defiled, or shall take her with that intent, though frustrated,...
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Reports of Cases at Law and in Equity Argued and Determined in ..., Volume 11

Arkansas. Supreme Court - Law reports, digests, etc - 1851 - 860 pages
...who shall take unlawfully, and against her will, any woman, and, by force, duress, or menace, compel her to marry him, or to marry any other person, or to be defiled, such offender shall suffer death." These sections contain all the capital offences enumerated by the...
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A Manual of Useful Knowledge: Containing, a Catechetical Treatise on the Law ...

Edward Rogers - Conduct of life - 1851 - 188 pages
...take any woman unlawfully against her will, with intent to compel her by force, menace, or duress, to marry him, or to marry any other person, or to be denied, on conviction, shall be imprisoned not less than ten years in the State prison. Any one who...
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A Complete Practical Treatise on Criminal Procedure, Pleading and Evidence ...

John Frederick Archbold - Criminal law - 1853 - 1006 pages
...state of New York, the taking any woman against her will, and by force, menace, or duress, compelling her to marry him, or to marry any other person, or to be defiled, ia punishable by imprisonment in a state prison not losa than ten years. 2 Rev. Stat. p. C63, sec....
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The Statutes of Oregon: Enacted, and Continued in Force, by the Legislative ...

Oregon - Law - 1855 - 670 pages
...pcr.-on who shall take any woman unlawfully, *0 against her will, and by force, menace, or duress, compel her to marry him, or to marry any other person, or to be defiled, upon conviction thereof, shall be punished by imprisonment in the penitentiary not less than one, nor...
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Senate Documents, Otherwise Publ. as Public Documents and ..., Volume 11

United States. Congress. Senate - United States - 1856 - 886 pages
...guilty of rape, and be punished as in the last section specified. SEC. 28. Every person who shall take any woman unlawfully, against her will, and by force, menace, or duress, compel her to marry him, or to marry any other person, or to be defiled, upon conviction thereof shall...
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Digest of the Laws of California: Containing All Laws of a General Character ...

William H. R. Wood - Law - 1857 - 834 pages
...shall be punished as in the next preceding section specified. ART. 1913. Every person who shall take any woman unlawfully, against her will, and by force, menace or duress, compelí her to marry him, or to marry any other person, or to be defiled, and shall be thereof convicted,...
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General Laws of the Territory of Kansas

Kansas - Session laws - 1859 - 728 pages
...person who shall take any woman unlawfully, SS against her will, and by force, menace or duress, compel her to marry him, or to marry any other person, or to be defiled, upon conviction thereof, shall be punished by confinement and hard labor, for a term of not less than...
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