State v. Blair

I. The information charges:

“That the said William Blair, on or about the 28th day of May, A. D. 1927, in the county of Carroll and state of Iowa, * # * did willfully, unlawfully, and feloniously, carnally know and abuse one Eldora Struve, she being then and there a female child under the age of 16 years, all against the peace and dignity of the state of Iowa, and contrary to the statute in such ease made and provided. ’ ’

The defendant’s principal point is that the only evidence offered by the State on the subject is to the effect that a completed rape by actual penetration was accomplished:…