State v. Smith
Supreme Court of Iowa
Appeal from Guthrie District Court. The defendant and Mrs. Allen Smith were jointly indicted for unlawfully exposing a child under the age of six years, of which they were alleged to be the parents, with intent- to abandon it. The defendant was tried and convicted. He appeals.
1Opinion of the Court
Day, Oh. J.
i. evidence: wh™ss!ncompetent. I. The theory of the State upon the trial was that the defendant, upon the arrival of the westward bound train of the Chicago, Rock Island & Pacific Railroac^ at Stuart, left the train with the child, carried it to the porch of the house of O. H. Savage, left it there, returned to the train and proceeded with it west. The train remained at Stuart about nine minutes. Savage testified that the depot is directly south of his house, distant two blocks of 350 feet each, two lots of 120 feet each and the crossing of three streets. He was then asked this…
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