State v. Richards
Supreme Court of Iowa
Appeal from Lucas District Gourt. The defendant was convicted of the crime of seduction', and sentenced to imprisonment in the penitentiary for the term of fifteen months. He appeals.
1Opinion of the Court
Adams, Ch. J.
-The defendant was charged with the seduction of one Eliza A. Wallace. She was at the time of the alleged seduction living witht he defendant’s mother, and the defendant was living in the same family. The prose-cutrix testified that the seduction took place on the night of the 27th of April, 1885, in the house of the defendant’s mother, and in her absence from home; and showed, we think,'that her consent was gained in about five mimites after the first solicitation, and by a promise of marriage made then for the first time. It does not appear that the defendant had ever kept…
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