State v. Bell
Supreme Court of Iowa
Ameal from Warren District Court. — Hon. W. H. McHenry, Judge. The defendant was indicted for the crime of seduction, and on arraignment pleaded not guilty. Trial to a jury. Verdict of guilty. Defendant’s motion for new trial overruled, and judgment on the verdict. Defendant appeals.
1Opinion of the CourtGiven, J.
1. seduction : letters from defendant. I. This case is submitted upon transcript and written briefs. On the trial, certain letters were produced by the prosecutrix, which she testified she had received from the defendant,- and that they were in his handwriting. Another witness for the state expressed an opinion that they were in the defendant’s handwriting, and one David Stevens testified to having carried several letters from the defendant to the prosecutrix, and answers from her to him. Appellant objected to the introduction of the letters produced as immaterial, and not sufficiently…
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