State v. Alberts

De Graff, J. —

The first complaint of appellant is directed to the action of the trial court in overruling objections bearing on the competency of the prosecutrix as a witness.

The trial commenced October 15, 1923. The prosecutrix was the first witness called by the State; and before she was sworn, defendant challenged her competency, for the reason that the records in the office of the clerk of the district court of Johnson County, Iowa, show that the “witness has been judicially declared to be « e oi unsound mind, and that she is a person oi insufficient mental capacity to understand the…