State v. Kingsley
Supreme Court of Iowa
Appeal from, Delaware District Court. Tiie defendant was indicted for the seduction of one Eliza H. Brown. At the March term of the Delaware District Court, he was tried and convicted. Defendant appeals.
1Opinion of the CourtDay, J.
seduction: cMToboration of witness, I. The Revision, section 4103, Code, section 4560, provides that upon a trial for seduction, “ the defendant cann0* convicted upon the testimony of the person injured unless she be corroborated by other evidence tending to connect the defendant with the commission of the offense.” The court instructed that “ the corroborating evidence contemplated by the statute, section 4103 of the Revision, is not confined solely to the proof of the fact of illicit intercourse, but extends to proof of other material facts, such as the birth and the illegitimacy of the…
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