State v. McAvoy
Supreme Court of Iowa
Appeal from Appanoose District Gov/rt. The defendant was accused of the crime of assault with intent to commit a rape. The jury found him guilty of assault and battery, and the court pronounced judgment against him on the verdict. He appeals.
1Opinion of the Court
Reed, J\
That part of the indictment which charges the offense is as follows: “ The said L. 0. McAvoy, on the 14th day of September, in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and eighty-five, in the county aforesaid, did then and there feloniously, willfully, by force and violence, make an assault on one Martha I. J"arvis, • a female, with intent then and there to have carnal knowledge of, and sexual intercourse with, the said Martha I. Jarvis by force, and used violence against the will of the said Martha I. Jarvis.” The district court directed the jury that the evidence was not…
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