SEDUCTION of Women-children. By 4 and 5 of Ph. and Mary, c. 8. if any person, above the age of fourteen, unlawfully shall convey or take away any woman-child unmarried (which is held to extend to bastards as well as to legitimate children) within the age of 16 years, from the possession and against the will of her father, &c. he shall be imprisoned two years, or fined at the discretion of the justices. See the statute, and Blackst. Comment. vol. iv. p. 108, 209.