State v. Carr
Supreme Court of Iowa
Appeal from Appanoose District Court. The defendant was convicted of tbe crime of seduction, and sentenced to tbe penetentiary for two years. He appeals. Tbe facts are stated in tbe opinion.
1Opinion of the Court
Day, Ch. J.;
1. seduction: previously acter®in-ar" struction. I. Tbe prosecuting witness testified that sbe was engaged to be married to tbe defendant, and that by means of this engagement tbe defendant, about 00 ’ -*-5th day of April, 1881, induced her to surrender to him her virtue. It further appears in tbe evidence that, prior to and at tbe time of tbe alleged seduction, tbe prosecuting witness was under an engagement *454of marriage to one Underwood, who was not acceptable to her parents and brothers, and who was not allowed to pay his addresses to her at her home; that she had frequently met…
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