A History of Matrimonial Institutions, Vol. 3 of 3Howard, George Elliott
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A History of Matrimonial Institutions, Vol. 3 of 3
Howard, George Elliott
Families; Marriage -- History
Wisconsin[732] since 1895, and in Porto Rico by the code of
1902,[733] it is fourteen; while in Hawaii it is but ten years.[734]
[708] _Laws of Kan._ (1887), c. 150, § 1: _Gen. Stat._ (1901),
437: penalty, five to twenty years in prison.
[709] Act of Dec. 18, 1890, amending an act of March 14, 1890,
which fixed the age at fourteen: _Laws of Wyo._ (1890), 130:
_ibid._ (1890-91), 85, 86; _Rev. Stat._ (1899), 1236; penalty,
rape, with imprisonment "not less than one year or during life."
[710] Raised from fourteen: _Laws of Neb._ (1895), 314, 315;
_Comp. Stat._ (1901), 1409: penalty three to twenty years in
prison. But the value of the law is lessened by the provision
that it shall not apply in case of a girl over fifteen if
"previously unchaste."
[711] _Laws of Col._ (1895), 155: penalty, one to twenty years in
prison; raised from sixteen to eighteen.
[712] Raised from ten to fourteen in 1893, and advanced to
eighteen in 1895: penalty, imprisonment for life or not less than
five years. Compare _Rev. Stat. of Idaho_ (1887), 733; _Laws_
(1893), 10, 11; _Laws_ (1895), 19; and _Penal Code_ (1901), 134,
139.
[713] Raised from sixteen: _Laws of N. Y._ (1895), c. 460;
BIRDSEYE'S _Rev. Stat._ (1901), III, 3012: rape in second degree;
penalty, not more than ten years in prison; rape in first degree,
with not less than twenty years in prison, when an imbecile, etc.
[714] _Laws of Utah_ (1896), 87; _Rev. Stat._ (1898), 902, 877:
felony, penalty, not more than five years in prison.
[715] From 1881 to 1897 the age in Washington was twelve: _cf._
_Laws_ (1897), 19; BALLINGER'S _Codes and Stat._ (1897), II,
1951, note. Present penalty, imprisonment for life or any term of
years.
[716] Abuse of a female below eighteen is now made rape in the
first degree: _Laws of N. D._ (1903), 200.
[717] _Laws of Del._ (1889), 951; _ibid._ (1895), 192; _Rev.
Stat._ (1893), 924: when below seven, rape, with death penalty:
when between seven and eighteen, misdemeanor, punished by not
more than seven years in prison or a fine of not exceeding $1,000
or both, at the discretion of the court. _Cf._ GARDENER, in
_Arena_, XIV, 411, 412.
[718] _Gen. Laws of Minn._ (1891), c. 90, § 1, p. 162; _Stat._
(1894), II, 1747: penalty, confinement in the state prison for
life, when the girl is under ten; when between ten and fourteen,
seven to thirty years; between fourteen and sixteen, one to seven
years in state prison, or in county jail three months to one year.
[719] _Laws of S. D._ (1893), c. 138; _Ann. Stat._ (1901), II,
1916, 1917: rape in second degree; penalty, not less than five
years in the state prison.
[720] _Pub. Acts of Mich._ (1895), 170: penalty, imprisonment for
life or any term of years.
[721] _Codes and Stat. of Mont._ (1895), 1062, 1063: penalty,
imprisonment for life or not less than five years.
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