State v. Sortviet
Supreme Court of Minnesota
Defendant was convicted in the district court for.. Norman county, Grindeland, J., of the crime stated in the opinion and appealed from the judgment of conviction.
1Opinion of the Court
elliott; j.
The appellant was indicted for the crime of seduction under a promise to marry, and, from a judgment entered upon a verdict of guilty, he appealed to this court. The assignments of error question the sufficiency of the indictment, the correctness of certain rulings upon questions of evidence, and the correctness of parts of the instructions given by the court to the jury.
The indictment charged that Karl J. Sortviet did wilfully and feloni-ously, under promise of marriage to one Rittie Berkeland, seduce and have sexual intercourse with the said Rittie Berkeland, the said Rittie…
2Cases cited13 opinions
- Reed v. ClarkCalifornia Supreme Court · 1873
- State v. BrinkhausSupreme Court of Minnesota · 1885
- King v. KerseyIndiana Supreme Court · 1850
- Osmun v. WintersOregon Supreme Court · 1894
- State v. WenzSupreme Court of Minnesota · 1889
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