Laws Relating to Sex Morality in New York CityCentury Company, 1915 - 139 pages |
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Laws Relating to Sex Morality in New York City (Classic Reprint) Arthur B. Spingarn No preview available - 2016 |
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Abduction abortion age of sixteen alien arraigned arrest Athanasaw bastard bigamy board of managers borough cause certificate Chap chapter charge child city magistrate commissioner company of thieves complaint concubinage consent conviction thereof county jail court of special court or magistrate Crim crime custody defendant detained discharged disorderly conduct disorderly house disorderly person district duty entice eucaine exceeding felony female guardian house of prostitution immoral purposes imposed indecent indictment inmate institution intent judgment jurisdiction justice juvenile delinquents kidnapping knowingly license magis male marriage ment Misc misdemeanor night court nuisance offense parent penal law penitentiary period permit physician placed on probation police premises prescribed prison probation officer probationer procure punishable by imprisonment purpose of prostitution rape record reformatory sentence sexual intercourse special sessions statute tence tenement house term therein thereto thousand dollars tion traffic trate violation warrant wife woman or girl women workhouse York City
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Page 126 - A judgment that the defendant pay a fine may also direct that he be imprisoned until the fine be satisfied, specifying the extent of the imprisonment, which cannot exceed one day for every one dollar of the fine.
Page 48 - When construing and enforcing the provisions of this Act, the act, omission, or failure of any officer, agent, or other person acting for or employed by any corporation, company, society, or association, within the scope of his employment or office, shall in every case be also deemed to be the act, omission,, or failure of such corporation, company, society, or association as well as that of the person.
Page 67 - A person who attempts to use against another, or who carries, or possesses, any instrument or weapon of the kind commonly known as a blackjack, slungshot, billy, sandclub, sandbag, metal knuckles...
Page 32 - Every obscene,, lewd, or lascivious, and every filthy book, pamphlet, picture, paper, letter, writing, print, or other publication of an indecent character, and every article or thing designed, adapted, or intended for preventing conception or producing abortion, or for any indecent or immoral use...
Page 71 - Must be arrested and brought before a proper court or magistrate, who may commit the child to any incorporated charitable reformatory, or other institution, and when practicable, to such as is governed by persons of the same religious faith as the parents of the child...
Page 33 - ... every written or printed card, letter, circular, book, pamphlet, advertisement, or notice of any kind giving information, directly or indirectly, where, or how, or from whom, or by what means any of the hereinbefore mentioned matters, articles, or things may be obtained or made...
Page 6 - ... employed, any instrument or other means, with intent thereby to procure the miscarriage of a woman, unless the same is necessary to preserve her life, in case the death of the woman, or of any quick child of which she is pregnant, is thereby produced, is guilty of manslaughter in the first degree.
Page 70 - Sells, pays for or furnishes any cigar, cigarette or tobacco in any of its forms to any child actually or apparently under the age of sixteen years; or, 6.
Page 58 - No act committed by a person while in a state of voluntary intoxication, shall be deemed less criminal by reason of his having been in such condition.
Page 76 - ... by statute, or from becoming adjudged by a children's court in need of the care and protection of the State as defined by statute, or who permits such a child to associate with vicious, immoral or criminal persons, or to grow up in idleness...