State v. Beltz

— On October 6, 1936, the grand jury of Cass County returned an indictment against the defendant, in words and figures as follows, to wit:

" That the said Clarence Beltz, in the County of Cass, State of Iowa, aforesaid, did unlawfully on or about the 16th day of September, A. D. 1936, in Cass County, Iowa, rape, carnally know and abuse Flossie Kloppenburg, she being a female child under the age of 16 years, contrary to the law made and provided, and against the peace and dignity of the State of Iowa.”

To this indictment the defendant entered his plea of not guilty, and following trial the jury…