State v. Mackey
Supreme Court of Iowa
Appeal from Johnson District Court. — Hon. S. H. Fairall, Judge. The defendant was indicted and tried for the crime of seduction; The jury returned a verdict of not guilty, and he was discharged. The state appeals.
1Opinion of the CourtRothrock, J.
I. Mary M. Costello, the prosecu-trix in the case, is the daughter of a farmer in Johnson 1. Seduction: riage?evifr” deuce. county. It is not denied by the defendant that he repeatedly had sexual intercourse with her. Before any evidence was introduced upon the trial the defendant caused the following admission to be made of record: “ It is admitted on the part of the defense that the defendant had intercourse with the prosecutrix, and is the father of the child born to her; and it is conceded that he did promise to marry the girl, and that he loved her.”
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2Cases cited1 opinion
- State v. ThompsonSupreme Court of Iowa · 1890
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