Rogers v. State
Supreme Court of Arkansas
Appeal from White Circuit Court; Hance N. Hutton, Judge; There is no direct or circumstantial evidence corroborating the prosecuting witness as to the 'sexual intercourse. 77 Ark. 16; Id. 472; 86 Ark. 30. The only evidence of any closer intimacy between appellant and the prosecuting witness than between her and other young men of the neighborhood was the letters and postal cards introduced in ev dence, and these, being unsigned and not identified by any testimony except her…
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Appeal from White Circuit Court; Hance N. Hutton, Judge; There is no direct or circumstantial evidence corroborating the prosecuting witness as to the 'sexual intercourse. 77 Ark. 16; Id. 472; 86 Ark. 30. The only evidence of any closer intimacy between appellant and the prosecuting witness than between her and other young men of the neighborhood was the letters and postal cards introduced in ev dence, and these, being unsigned and not identified by any testimony except her own, were not a corroboration of her testimony, The court’s refusal to give appellant’s requested instruction No. 9 was…
1Opinion of the CourtHart, J.
Nathan Rogers has appealed from the judgment of conviction for the crime of seduction. The prosecuting witness identified a number of letters and postal cards as having been written by the defendant. The letters and postal cards were not identified or proved to be the letters of the defendant by any other witness. They were read in evidence. With reference thereto, the defendant asked the court to instruct the jury as follows:
“9. The jury are instructed that while certain letters and postal cards have been read to you as evidence in this case, yet if you find that the only evidence that these…
2Cases cited2 opinions
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- Thomas v. StateSupreme Court of Arkansas · 1904
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