State v. Mitchell

i. Conspiracy: evidence. The defendant and Joe Manning were jointly indicted for the crime of conspiracy; it being charged that they combined and confederated together to induce two females, theretofore reputed to have been virtuous, to meet them at Des Moines with the intent to cause said females to commit the crimes of adultery and lewdness and to become prostitutes. The defendant on separate trial was convicted, and on appeal insists that the evidence was insufficient to sustain the finding of the jury. It appears that defendant was a sort of an actor connected with Headings Carnival in…