State v. Fountain
Supreme Court of Iowa
.Appeal from Johnson District Oourt. — IIon. M. J. Wade, Judge. The defendant was convicted of the crime of rape, and from the judgment, which required that he be imprisoned in the state penitentiary at Anamosa at hard labor for the •term of two years, he appeals.
1Opinion of the Court
Kobinson, O. J.
The indictment charged that on the •30th day of December, 1891, the defendant did carnally know and abuse one Hattie Carnott, a female child under "the age of fifteen years.
1 I. The district court charged the jury that there were but two questions in the case: (1) As to the age of Ila-ttie '•Carnott; (2) as to whether the defendant had intercourse with the said Hattie Carnott. It is objected that other ■questions than the two stated were made on the trial, and that the jury should have been instructed more definitely. 'Thus, it is not disputed that Hattie Carnott was fifteen…
2Cited by3 opinions
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- State v. EgbertSupreme Court of Iowa · 1904
- State v. BigeSupreme Court of Iowa · 1900