State v. Ruhl
Supreme Court of Iowa
Appeal from the Des Moines District Court. Tins was an indictment for taking and enticing away an unmarried female, under tbe age of fifteen years, from and without the consent of the person having the legal charge of her person, for the purpose of prostitution. On the trial, the defendant offered certain testimony, which was objected to and rejected. He also asked certain instructions, which were refused, and objected to those asked and given at the request of the state.
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Appeal from the Des Moines District Court. Tins was an indictment for taking and enticing away an unmarried female, under tbe age of fifteen years, from and without the consent of the person having the legal charge of her person, for the purpose of prostitution. On the trial, the defendant offered certain testimony, which was objected to and rejected. He also asked certain instructions, which were refused, and objected to those asked and given at the request of the state. There was a verdict of guilty; motions in arrest, and for a new trial, overruled; and defendant sentenced to the…
1Opinion of the CourtWright, C. J.
Several errors are assigned, and they will be briefly noticed in their order.
Erom the first bill of exceptions, it seems that during the examination of the defendant’s witnesses, he proposed tore-call the prosecuting witness, (or Matilda M. Clark, the female alleged to have been enticed away,) in order, first, to .prepare a bill of exceptions ; second, for the purpose of impeaching her; and, third, to settle the question as to what %lic did testify to, when previously upon the stand.
The defendant could not claim the privilege, as a matter of right, to recall the witness for either of these…
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