Legal Opinion

State v. Blackburn

Supreme Court of Iowa

Decided January 14, 1908PublishedCited by 20 opinions

'Appeal from Marshall District Court.— HoN. G. W. BueN-i-iam, Judge. The defendant was convicted of baving committed rape, and appeals.

1Opinion of the CourtLadd, C. J.

The offense is alleged to have been committed August 12, 1902, and the prosecutrix attained the age of fifteen years October 12th of the same year. She gave birth to a child June 7, 1903, or two hundred and ninety-nine days after her alleged connection with the defendant. Her testimony was, in substance, that her home *745was at Marshalltown, and that she had gone to Clemons on that day to visit a girl friend, who met her at the train; that they then went riding; that later in the evening her friend left for the buggy of an acquaintance, and defendant, to whom prosecutrix had been introduced…

2Cases cited24 opinions

  1. Commonwealth v. SturtivantMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1875
  2. Davis v. StateCourt of Appeals of Maryland · 1873
  3. Hess v. LowreyIndiana Supreme Court · 1890
  4. State v. KingSupreme Court of Iowa · 1902
  5. City of Ripon v. BittelWisconsin Supreme Court · 1872

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3Cited by20 opinions

  1. State v. BrooksSupreme Court of Iowa · 1917
  2. State v. JennenWashington Supreme Court · 1961
  3. State v. MooreNevada Supreme Court · 1925
  4. Briggs v. Chicago Great Western Railway Co.Supreme Court of Minnesota · 1953
  5. Clark v. Los Angeles Salt Lake R. Co.Utah Supreme Court · 1928

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