Indiana Supreme Court May 15, 1863 (Duncan v. Welty)

Davison, J.

Henry Welty, the father of one Mary Ann *45Welty, brought títis suit against Duncan, for the seduction, &c., of his daughter. The charge, in the coinplaint, is, that defendant, in the month of August, 1858, by acts, threats, and force, debauched and had carnal knowledge of her, Mary Ann, and begat her with child, when she was only sixteen years old.