8. Unnatural Carnal Connection

The punishment is from one to four years hard labour if the offence is committed

(a) with abuse of authority, of trust or of domestic relations

or (b) habitually for gain.

The requirement of the purpose of the offender to gratify the lust of others is common to this crime as to the preceding one. But in respect of this crime the victim can be only a woman and of age. Moreover, this crime requires always the use of violence or deceit.

Apart from this, having regard to the observations we have already made, this crime does not call for any special explanation.

But, in conclusion, concerning the crime of lenocinium generally, attention must be drawn to the provisions of the White Slave Traffic (Suppression) Ordinance (Chapter 102) which specially deals with the offences of inducing women of 21 years or more, or girls under 21 years, to leave these Islands for purposes of prostitution (secs. 2 & 3); of forcibly detaining women or girls in a brothel or in or upon any premises used for purposes of habitual prostitution (sec. 5); of knowingly living, wholly or in part, on the earning of prostitution (trading on prostitution); or, in any street or public place, importuning any person for the purposes of prostitution (sec. 7); of keeping or being concerned in the management of a brothel or premises used for prostitution or other immoral purposes, or knowingly letting for hire or permitting the use or sharing in the profits of the use of any vehicle for such Purposes (sec. 8); of keeping any premises used as a place of assignation for prostitution or other immoral purposes. (sec. 9).

Blackstone called this “the infamous crime against nature, committed either with man or with beast” , a crime not fit to be named: ‘peccatim illud horribile, inter christianos non nominandum’”368 . in the English '’Offences against the Persons Act, 1861", the crime is referred to as the "abominable crime of buggery» committed with mankind, or with any animal". Old legislations considered the crime as capital and punished it with death, and the rule was that if both parties had reached the age of discretion "agentes

368 Comm. IV, 215-216