State v. Desmond
Supreme Court of Iowa
Appeal from Poweshiek District Court. — HoN. A. B. Dewey, Judge. The defendant was convicted of the crime of assault with intent to commit rape, and from the judgment, which required that he be imprisoned in the state penitentiary at Ft. Madison for the term of three years, he appeals.—
1Opinion of the CourtRobinson, C. J.
The indictment charges that “the said 0. H. Desmond on the 8th day of January, 1898, did in and upon one Ora Bedman, a female child under the age of fifteen years, to-wit, eleven years of age, unlawfully, willfully, and feloniously make an assault, with the felonious intent then and there to willfully, unlawfully, and feloniously ravish, carnally know, and abuse the said Ora Bedman by force and against her will, contrary to law.” The evidence for the state tends to show that the facts involved in the alleged assault were substantially as follows: At the time specified in the indictment, and…
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