Swogger v. State

In setting aside the conviction of defendant, who was found guilty of rape upon a female child, the majority in their opinion departed from correct rules of law and mandatory requirements of valid statutes enacted by the legislature to protect chaste female children and society at large from the outrages of ravishers.

Before the legend that “The child is the pillar of the State” was penciled in the mural decorations of . the new capítol, the legislature by statute denounced the ravishment of a female child, not previously unchaste, as rape; by statute permitted a conviction for rape upon the…