Clokey v. State
Indiana Supreme Court
Prom Huntington Circuit Court; B. H. Hurd, Special Judge. Prosecution by the State of Indiana against Mitchell C. Clokey. Prom a judgment of conviction, the defendant appeals.
1Opinion of the CourtMorris, J.
Appellant was charged by indictment with the crime of rape on a girl fourteen years of age. His trial resulted in a conviction of assault and battery with intent to commit rape. Error is assigned on the overruling of his motion for a new trial.
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During a long cross-examination of appellant the prosecuting attorney asked him many questions in relation to various criminal and discreditable acts. To most of these questions appellant interposed no objection. In some few instances he objected because the question was “incompetent”, or “irrelevant”, or “illegal”— objections of such a general nature…
2Cases cited3 opinions
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