Legal Status of Women in Iowa
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nd against her will, or carnally know and abuse any female child under the age of thirteen years,
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t a rape he shall be punished by imprisonment in th
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duress, compel her to marry him, or to be defiled, he shall be fined not exceeding one
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f mind or weakness of body as to prevent effectual resistance, or have such carnal knowledge of an idiot or female naturally of such imbecility of mind o
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or, with such intent, use any instrument or any means whatever, unless such miscarriage shall be necessary to save her life, he shall b
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the legal charge of her person, for the purpose of prostitution, he shall upon conviction be punished by imprisonment in the penitentiary for n
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detain or conceal such child from its parent, guardian, or any other person having the lawful charge of such child, he shall be punished by impris
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be punished by imprisonment in the penitentiary not more than five years, or by fine not excee
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y further prosecution for the offense. [§5167.] An offer, by the defendant, to marry the woman, will
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ree hundred dollars and imprisonment in the county jail not exceeding one year; and when the crime is committed between parties, only one of whom is married,
ases of rape
or debauching any unmarried woman of previously chaste character, cannot be 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. [§5958, as am
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ate, he or she, except in cases mentioned in the following section, is guilty of bigamy, and shall be punished by imprisonment in the penitenti
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ho has voluntarily withdrawn from the other and remained absent for the space of three years together, the party marrying again, not
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guilty of bigamy thereby, shall be imprisoned in the penitentiary not exceeding three years, or by fine
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ied, is guilty of gross lewdness and designedly make an open and indecent, or obscene exposure of his or her person, or the person of another, eve
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stitution or lewdness, such person shall be punished by imprisonment in th
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e drunkenness, quarreling, fighting or breaches of the peace are carried on or permitted, to the dist
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ntract for letting such house is, at the option of the lessor, void, and such lessor may thereupon have the
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rostitution or lewdness, or knowingly permit such lessee to use the same for such purpose, he shall be punished
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any female, before reputed virtuous, to a house of ill-fame, or knowingly conceal or assist or abet in concealing such female, so deluded or enticed fo
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ce kept for such purpose, or if any person be found at any hotel, boarding house, cigar store or other place, leading a life of
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s brother, mother's brother, mother's husband, husband's father, son, husband's son, daughter's husband, brother, son's son, daughter's son, son's daughter's husband, daughter's daughter's husband, brother's son, or sister's son; or if any person, being within the degrees of
e children.
ich, if born alive, will be a bastard, complaint may be made in writing by any person to the district court of the
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ntenance of the child in such sum or sums and in such manner as
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