State v. Lewis
Supreme Court of Iowa
Appeal from Howa/rd District Court. The defendant was indicted, tried, convicted and sentenced 'for the crime of seduction, and appeals to this court for a reversal of the judgment against him.
1Opinion of the Court
Eothrock, Ch. J.
1. criminal law: seduction:force. I. The complaining witness testified that the defendant had sexual intercourse with her on two occasions — once on the night of the 7th of Octo- . ber, 1875, and agam m two weeks after tliat time. She stated that on both occasions she resisted the defendant all she could and he overpowered her.
The defendant asked the court to instruct the jury as follows : “If the intercourse was against the will of complainant, and accomplished by force, then the offense charged is not established and you must acquit.” This instruction was refused. We think…
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