State v. Ginger
Supreme Court of Iowa
Appeal from 0 ’ Brien District Court. — Hon. Soott M. Ladd, Judge. This is a proceeding by which it is sought to charge the defendant with being the father of a bastard child of one Emma Jetter. The defendant pleaded that he was. not guilty of the charge. There was a trial by' jury, and a verdict of guilty.
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Appeal from 0 ’ Brien District Court. — Hon. Soott M. Ladd, Judge. This is a proceeding by which it is sought to charge the defendant with being the father of a bastard child of one Emma Jetter. The defendant pleaded that he was. not guilty of the charge. There was a trial by' jury, and a verdict of guilty. The court ordered and adj udged that the defendant pay to the mother of the child the sum of seven hundred dollars; one hundred dollars to be paid in thirty days, and fifty dollars on the first day of January in each year, until the whole-amount- shall be paid. The defendant appeals.
1Opinion of the Court
Rothko cíe, C. J.
1. Bastardy: evidence to convict: preponderance. *5778. —:—: intercourse with other men. *576— I. The prosecutrix is a young girl, the daughter of a German farmer. She became pregnant when she was about nineteen years old. ■ The defendant is a member of .another German family of farmers in the-same neighborhood. The two young people had been acquainted some four years. About May, 1887, theprosecutrix went to the house of the defendant and worked at housework for a week. She testified on the trial that during that time the defendant had sexual intercourse with her. The defendant was…
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