Legal Opinion

State v. Carson

Supreme Court of Iowa

Decided February 19, 1919PublishedCited by 18 opinions

Appeal from Lucas District Court. — D. M. Anderson, Judge. Convictipn for seduction. Defendant appeals.

1Opinion of the CourtSalinger, J.

*5691. Seduction : nonsufficient seductive arts. *568I. For the sake of prosecutrix, as well as because it would serve no useful purpose to do otherwise, we refrain from detail. Prosecutrix was but 17 at the time *569of her alleged seduction, and defendant, about 20. But the record shows conclusively that, beginning at 15, she had such relations with men as that, while it may be true that such relations were not criminal, they were such as made her sufficiently familiar with the “way of a man” to understand the peril of permitting the defendant to take improper liberties with her at their first meeting, —…

2Cases cited9 opinions

  1. State v. O'DonnellSupreme Court of Iowa · 1916
  2. State v. SalingSupreme Court of Iowa · 1916
  3. State v. HigdonSupreme Court of Iowa · 1871
  4. Baird v. BoehnerSupreme Court of Iowa · 1887
  5. State v. PraySupreme Court of Iowa · 1904

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3Cited by18 opinions

  1. State v. WilsonSupreme Court of Iowa · 1943
  2. State v. KnoxSupreme Court of Iowa · 1945
  3. State v. WhislerSupreme Court of Iowa · 1942
  4. State v. HarringtonSupreme Court of Iowa · 1935
  5. State v. TraasSupreme Court of Iowa · 1941

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