Ande v. State
Supreme Court of Iowa
Appeal from the Cedar Disfoict Cowrt. Tbe defendant was indicted under section 2586, of tbe Code, wbicb is in tbe following language: “If any person seduce and debauch any unmarried woman, of previously cbaste character, be shall be punished by,” &c.
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Appeal from the Cedar Disfoict Cowrt. Tbe defendant was indicted under section 2586, of tbe Code, wbicb is in tbe following language: “If any person seduce and debauch any unmarried woman, of previously cbaste character, be shall be punished by,” &c. The indictment charges that the defendant, “ on tbe tentRday of May, A. D., 1856, in tbe county aforesaid, one Catharine Ealloon, an 'unmarried woman, of previously chaste character, did unlawfully, willfully, and maliciously seduce, debauch and carnally know,” &c. Tbe errors assigned, and the questions made, appear in the opinion of the court.…
1Opinion of the CourtWoodward, J.
The first error assigned, relates to the instruction, that “ unchaste character, as understood in a case of this kind, means sexual intercourse.” And this presents the principal question in the cause. In the cases cited by counsel, and to which we shall have occasion to refer, there is considerable inaccuracy of language, and a *394confusion of terms, which, it is desirable to avoid as far as possible. Thus, the words character and reputation, are sometimes used as synonymous. There is a real difference of meaning between them, and in a case of this kind, it is important to preserve the…
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