State v. Cassidy
Supreme Court of Iowa
Appeal from Lucas District Court. — Hon. E. L. Burton, Judge. The defendant was indicted, tried and convicted of the crime of rápe. He was sentenced to imprisonment in the penitentiary for five years, and lie appeals.
1Opinion of the CourtRothrock, J.
The ease is before ns upon a full transcript of the evidence, including all of the rulings of the court bearing upon the evidence. We also have the charge of the court to the jury. The arguments of counsel are quite brief, and that of the counsel for the defendant is confined mainly to a discussion of the 'evidence, and the claim that there was not sufficient corroboration of the complaining witness to authorize a verdict of guilty. The prosecuting witness testified that she went from her father’s house, a distance of about sixty yards, to an air shaft connected with a coal mine, for a bucket…
2Cases cited1 opinion
- State v. McLaughlinSupreme Court of Iowa · 1876
3Cited by4 opinions
- State v. HetlandSupreme Court of Iowa · 1909
- State v. BartlettSupreme Court of Iowa · 1905
- State v. SellsSupreme Court of Iowa · 1910
- State v. CroattSupreme Court of Iowa · 1917