State v. Seely
Supreme Court of Iowa
Appeal from Guthrie District Court. — Hon. J. H. Hendebson, Judge. The defendant was convicted of the crime of seduction, and adjudged to be imprisoned in the penitentiary at Ft. Madison, at hard labor, for the term of thirteen months. From that judgment he appeals.
1Opinion of the CourtRobinson, J.
I. The appellant states, without any discussion of the evidence, that it fails to show that any crime was committed, and'that it appears that the submission of the prosecutrix to him was voluntary, without artifice or promise on his part. It is sufficient to say, in response to this claim, that the evidence shows, almost without contradiction, that the crime was committed as charged in the indictment. The prosecutrix was a woman of previously chaste character, and submitted to sexual intercourse with the defendant by reason of his promise of marriage. The jury could not have done otherwise…
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