State v. McDonough
Supreme Court of Iowa
Appeal from Johnson District Court. — Hon. P. B. Wolfe, Judge. The defendant, with four other persons, was 'indicted for the crime of rape. He demanded and was granted a separate trial, resulting in a verdict of guilty of an assault with intent to commit rape, and from the sentence imposed appeals.
1Opinion of the CourtDeemer, J.
In the early evening of August 25, 1896, Emma Grom'as, a feeble-minded unmarried woman, was induced by one McGuan to leave a dance hall in Iowa City, and' go with him to' an old stone quarry, across the Iowa river, and west from Iowa City, where they met some men who had been there all the previous night, indulging their thirst for beer, and making night hideous with their ribaldry and song. The woman claims that she was ravished while there by at least four of these men, and in this she is corroborated by other witnesses. The state introduced evidence to show that the defendant was one of…
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