State v. Savoye
Supreme Court of Iowa
Appeal from AUamakee District Cou/rt. The following indictment was found and duly presented against the defendant: “The jurors of the grand jury of the State of Iowa within and for said county of Allamakee, legally convoked, impaneled, tried, sworn and charged, in the name and by the authority of the State of Iowa, upon their oaths do aver, find and present that Charles Savoye and Conrad Arnold, at and within said county, on or about the 15th day of August, 1875, with force…
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Appeal from AUamakee District Cou/rt. The following indictment was found and duly presented against the defendant: “The jurors of the grand jury of the State of Iowa within and for said county of Allamakee, legally convoked, impaneled, tried, sworn and charged, in the name and by the authority of the State of Iowa, upon their oaths do aver, find and present that Charles Savoye and Conrad Arnold, at and within said county, on or about the 15th day of August, 1875, with force and arms unlawfully, wickedly, deceitfully, maliciously and injuriously, did conspire, combine, confederate and agree…
1Opinion of the CourtServers, J.
1. criminal law: conspiracy. I. It is insisted “that it must appear on the face of an indictment for conspiracy that the object of the conspiracy was a criminal one, or that the means _ _ to be employed therein were criminal. State v. Jones, 13 Iowa, 269.
The indictment charges that the defendants “did conspire * * * to cause * * * Mary Ellen Elizabeth Stielsmith to go with them * * * with the view, purpose and intent with the intention of bringing about a sham marriage or pretended marriage between her, the said Stielsmith, and him, the said Charles Savoye, and thus bring about the .seduction…
2Cases cited3 opinions
- Alderman v. PeopleMichigan Supreme Court · 1857
- State v. PotterSupreme Court of Iowa · 1870
- State v. JonesSupreme Court of Iowa · 1862
3Cited by9 opinions
- State v. GrantSupreme Court of Iowa · 1892
- State v. LoserSupreme Court of Iowa · 1905
- State v. ClemensonSupreme Court of Iowa · 1904
- State v. LowenbergSupreme Court of Iowa · 1932
- State v. KeyserSupreme Court of Iowa · 1964
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