State v. Stowell
Supreme Court of Iowa
Appeal from Lucas District Court. Indictment for an assault upon a girl between six and seven years old, with intent to commit a rape. Trial by jury, verdict guilty, and judgment sentencing the defendant to be confined in the penitentiary for two years, and he appeals.
1Opinion of the CourtSeevers, J.
1. practice: statement by senn pres-uu" en jury. I. There was evidence tending to show the defendant was not fourteen years of age at the time the as-was committed, but the jury found specially that he was over that age. Counsel for the defendant, when making his closing argument to july; was proceeding to claim that, before the defendant could be convicted, there must be evidence tending to connect the defendant with the commission of the offense. Tie was stopped by the court, and, in the presence and hearing of the jury, the court said: “ Mr. Mitchell, I have grave doubts about the law…
2Cases cited1 opinion
- State v. PainterSupreme Court of Iowa · 1879
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