State v. Whalen
Supreme Court of Iowa
Appeal from Boone District Court. — Hon. D. R. Hind-man, Judge. The defendant was accused of the crime of seduction, tried, found guilty, and adjudged to be imprisoned in the state penitentiary at Ft. Madison, at hard labor, for the term of eighteen months. From that judgment he appeals.
1Opinion of the CourtRobinson, J.
1 The crime of which the defendant was convicted, is charged in the indictment as follows: “The said John Whalen, on or about the twenty-ninth day of September, A. JD., 1894, in the county aforesaid, willfully, unlawfully, and feloniously did seduce and debauch Jennie McBirnie, an unmarried woman of previous chaste character, all contrary to, and in violation of law.” The appellant contends that this does not charge an offense, within the meaning of that part of section 4296, of the Code, which is as follows: “The indictment must contain: * * * (2) A statement of the facts constituting the…
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