State v. Shean
Supreme Court of Iowa
Appeal from QT/mton Dist/riab Gov/ri. The defendant was indicted and convicted of the seduction of Catberine Oavenaugh, an unmarried woman, of previously chaste character, and appeals to this court. The facts of the case appear in the opinion.
1Opinion of the CourtBeok, J.
The points made by the defendant’s counsel against the judgment of the court below will be considered in the order we find them presented in his brief:
I. Revision, section 4103, provides, that, upon an indict ment for seduction, “the defendant cannot be convicted upon the testimony of the person injured, unless she be corroborated by other evidence tending,, to connect the defendant with the commission of the offense.” It is *90insisted by defendant’s counsel that the corroborating evidence, required by this statute, was not introduced upon the trial to sustain the testimony of the prosecuting…
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