State v. Wickliff
Supreme Court of Iowa
'Appeal from, Marion District Court. — Hon., J. H. Appellate, Judge. Indictment for seduction. Verdict of guilty, and judgment thereon. The defendant appealed.—
1Opinion of the CourtGranger, J.
I. The alleged seduction took place
about the sixth of March, 1892. On the twenty-eighth of February, 1893, the prosecuting witness, one Carrie McElrea, gave birth to a child. As a witness she stated that she first met the defendant in December, 1891; that he took her home from a Christmas tree on December 24, 1891, and remained with her until 12 o’clock; and that after that they were together “like all young people are” till the last of February or the first of March, when he promised to marry her, and fixed the time for their marriage in December following, and that because of this promise…
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