State v. Tulley

1. Evidence: corroboration: seduction. In relation to this offense, the statute provides (Rev., §4103; Code, 1851, §2999) that “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.”

This provision was quite fully considered in the case of Andre v. The State, 5 Iowa, 389, and the observations then made in relation to the corroborating evidence contemplated by the statute need not be repeated. And as to meaning of the words in the statute, “ other evidence…