State v. Bauerkemper
Supreme Court of Iowa
Appeal from Pottawattamie District Court. — How. A. B. Thornell, Judge. The defendant was indicted, tried, and convicted of the crime of having seduced one Annie Demitz, an unmarried woman of previous chaste character. Judgment of imprisonment in the penitentiary at Ft. Madison for a period of fourteen months was pronounced against the defendant, from which he appeals.—
1Opinion of the CourtGiven, C. J.
1 Appellant’s first contention is that the court erred in overruling his objection to questions put by the state to the prosecuting witness, “as leading and suggestive.” It is clear from the face of this record that in the examination in chief of the prosecutrix the questions were very generally leading and suggestive, and. the court seems to have so regarded them. At one time, in overruling the objection, the court said, “It appears difficult to induce the witness to tell the story of her own accord, and this objection is overruled.” In another instance the court said: “ W ell, it is…
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