Legal Opinion

State v. Brown

Supreme Court of Iowa

Decided October 6, 1892PublishedCited by 9 opinions

Appeal from Pottawattamie District Cowl. — Hon. A. B.. Thoenell, Judge. The defendant was convicted of the crime of' seduction, and adjudged to be imprisoned in thepenitentiary for the term of fourteen months. He appeals.

1Opinion of the CourtRobinson, C. J.

The defendant is accused of having seduced Miss Flora Robley, on or about the *123fifteenth day of September, 1888. Evidence was submitted, on the part of the state, which tended to show that the defendant visited Miss Eobley as a suitor during several months, both before and after the date specified. She testified, in substance and effect, that she was seduced under the promise of marriage; that a child, of which the defendant is the father, was begotten on the first day of February, 1889, and born on the twenty-third day of the following October. The defendant admits having visited the…

2Cases cited3 opinions

  1. State v. WellsSupreme Court of Iowa · 1878
  2. State v. SmithSupreme Court of Iowa · 1892
  3. State v. HemmSupreme Court of Iowa · 1891

3Cited by9 opinions

  1. State v. BaldoserSupreme Court of Iowa · 1893
  2. State v. SeehanSupreme Court of Iowa · 1977
  3. State v. WilcoxenSupreme Court of Iowa · 1925
  4. People v. WeinstockNew York City Magistrates' Court · 1912
  5. State v. HolterSouth Dakota Supreme Court · 1913

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