Legal Opinion

State v. Moffit

Supreme Court of Iowa

Decided June 26, 1912PublishedCited by 1 opinion

Appeal from Washington District Oouri. — Hon. K. E. Willcockson, Judge. This is an appeal from a conviction for the crime of seduction.

1Opinion of the CourtMcClain, C. J.

The evidence for the prosecution tended to show that -from February to June, 1911, the defendant visited the prosecutrix as a suitor, and that in-April he seduced her under promise of marriage, continuing after that date to have sexual intercourse with her from time to time until, on protestations by prosecutrix that he must marry her on account of her condition, he finally refused to do so and abandoned his relations with her.

i. Criminal law: seduction: unmarried . woman: evidence. I. As a ground for reversal it is contended that there ivas no evidence that prosecutrix was at the time of the…

2Cases cited2 opinions

  1. State v. HeathertonSupreme Court of Iowa · 1882
  2. State v. DuffieldWest Virginia Supreme Court · 1901

3Cited by1 opinion

  1. State v. NormanSupreme Court of Iowa · 1913

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