[683] Laws of N. H. (1897), 30, 31; Pub. Stat. (1900), 832.
[684] Vermont Stat. (1895), 877; Acts and Resolves (1898), 90, 91.
[685] Gen. Stat. of Conn. (1887), 325; Pub. Acts (1887), 669; ibid. (1895), 580; ibid. (1901), 1208; Gen. Stat. (1902), 350.
[686] Rev. Stat. of Me. (1884), 883; Acts and Resolves (1887), 110; ibid. (1889), 170.
[687] Mass. Acts and Resolves (1886), 270; ibid. (1888), 40; ibid. (1893), 1381; Rev. Laws (1902), II, 1745.
[688] Laws of Fla. (1901), 111; penalty, not less than ten years' imprisonment, or a fine not exceeding $2,000, or both.
[689] Up to fourteen carnally knowing a girl is rape, punishable by death or imprisonment for not less than five years, at the discretion of the jury: Rev. Stat. (1899), I, 547. Between fourteen and eighteen, not only must the girl be "of previously chaste character"—which begs the whole question—but the penalty is ridiculously light: imprisonment in the penitentiary for two years; or a fine of not less than $100 nor more than $500; or confinement in the county jail not less than one month nor more than six months or both such fine and confinement: Laws (1895), 149; also in Rev. Stat. (1899), I, 547. Cf. Rev. Stat. (1889), I, 850; Gardener, in Arena, XIV, 31.
[690] Laws of Arizona (1895), 48; ibid. (1899), 29; the same in Rev. Stat. (1901), 1226: penalty, imprisonment for life or for not less than five years.
[691] Act of April 1, 1893: Digest (1894), 572: penalty, not less than five nor more than twenty-one years in prison. In Arkansas rape is punished by death, and, by exception, the execution is to be public; but this does not apply in case of conviction under the consent law.
[692] Act 115 (1896), 165; also in Rev. Laws (1897), 196: "if any person over the age of 18 years shall have carnal knowledge of any unmarried female between the ages of 12 and 16 with her consent he shall be deemed guilty of felony," and be imprisoned with hard labor not exceeding five years.