State v. Parker.

The crime of which the prisoner has been convicted — rape upon a little girl of less than ten years of age — is a most unusual one and most revolting. The evidence is not before us. It would be difficult to imagine a case in which the rules (1) that the evidence should be such as to satisfy the jury beyond a reasonable doubt of the defendant's guilt; (2) that none but competent evidence should be received by the court, and (3) that evidence competent for a special or restricted purpose should be confined to that end and clearly explained by the court to the jury than the present case. The…