[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.
[722] From 1864 to 1895 the age was fourteen: Hill's Codes (1892), I, 897; Laws of Ore. (1895), 67: penalty, three to twenty years in prison.