State v. Corwin

Epitomized Opinion

Clem Corwin was indicted in 1922 for rape with violence upon A. S., a female under 16 years of age, under 12413 GC., and acquitted. At a subsequent term he was indicted under 12414 GC. carnally knowing A. S. with her consent. A plea of former jeopardy was sustained by the Common Pleas on the ground that Corwin had been tried (under 12413 GC.) and acquitted by a jury of the charge of rape with force and violence upon A. S. The state excepted. In sustaining the exceptions of the state the Supreme Court held:

Attorneys — J. L. Lott, Tiffin, for State; W. K. Keppel, Tiffin, for…