STATE v. BOWMAN

No. 4.

61 S.E.2d 107 (1950)

232 N.C. 374

STATE v. BOWMAN.

Supreme Court of North Carolina.

September 20, 1950.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Attorney-General Harry McMullan and Assistant Attorney-General Hughes J. Rhodes for the State.

J. H. Folger and Fred Folger, Mount Airy, for defendant.


ERVIN, Justice.

The statutory felony of obtaining carnal knowledge of virtuous girls between twelve and sixteen years old is created by the following portion of the statute now codified as G.S. § 14-26: "If any male person shall carnally know or abuse any female child, over twelve and under sixteen years of age, who has never before had sexual intercourse with any person, he shall be guilty of a felony and shall be fined or imprisoned in the discretion of the...

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