State v. Mylor

46 Iowa 192

• Court: Supreme Court of Iowa
• Decided: June 11, 1877
• Status: Published

Opinion

Adams, J.

i. ckiminai, law: impeachment of witlicss i evi" dencé. The appellant contends that the evidence is insufficient to sustain the verdict. The evidence for the State consists of the testimony of the prosecuting wit- „ ,, , , ° . ness, oi the person to whom the next morning: x ” after the alleged crime was committed she re-vealed it, and of one Burns, who testified that the defendant stated to him that he had connection with the prosecuting witness at the time she says that he ravished her.

The defendant introduced ten witnesses whose testimony tended strongly to impeach the testimony of Burns. Tie now claims that Burns’ testimony should be declared to be without weight; but this cannot be done. It was for the jury to say, in view of all the facts disclosed and the appearance of the witnesses called to impeach Burns, as well as of Burns himself, whether he should be regarded as completely impeached. Allowing the jury the discretion that they might' properly exercise in regard to the credibility of Burns as a witness, we could not say that the evidence is insufficient to sustain the verdict.

Affirmed.