State v. Knutson
Supreme Court of Iowa
Appeal from Humlolclt District Coicri. — Hon. Lot Thomas, Judge.' The defendant was convicted of the crime of seduction, and adjudged to be imprisoned in the state penitentiary at Anamosa for the term of eighteen months. "From that judgment he appeals.
1Opinion of the CourtBobinson, J.
On the tenth day of June, 1892, Lena I. Severson, an unmarried woman, gave birth to a child. It is claimed by the state that she was seduced by defendant on the twenty-sixth day of the preceding October, and that he is the father of the child.
1 *5512 3 *550I. The appellant contends that the evidence was wholly insufficient to sustain a conviction. The facts which the jury were authorized to find proven were substantially as follows: The defendant and the prosecutrix grew up together, and have been acquainted with each other since they were children. Nor about six months in the year 1890, when she was…
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