State v. Rice
Supreme Court of Iowa
Appeal from Butler District Oowrt. Indictment for a libel. Trial by jury; verdict guilty; judgment, and defendant appeals.
1Opinion of the CourtSeevers, J.
l. criminal tution:Pwhat" constitutes. The court instructed the jury as follows: “The indictment charges, as I think, those matters which are libelous as Lucy Picket. The first, that she aided her daughter, Mrs. Eoyce, in carrying on the busi-. ness a prostitute in the house of Deacon Picket. To justify under the charge the defendant should prove that *432Mary Royce carried on the business of a prostitute in the house in question and was aided by Lucy Picket. It would not be enough to show that Mary Royce in the house in question had illicit commerce with one person, but it should go further and…
2Cases cited1 opinion
- McMillan v. B. & M. R. R.Supreme Court of Iowa · 1877
3Cited by11 opinions
- Paxton v. WoodwardMontana Supreme Court · 1904
- State v. WillisSupreme Court of Iowa · 1974
- State v. GardnerSupreme Court of Iowa · 1916
- State v. ClarkSupreme Court of Iowa · 1889
- Miller v. StateIndiana Supreme Court · 1889
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