State v. . Houpe

Criminal prosecution, tried upon indictment charging the defendant with carnal knowledge of a female child between the ages of twelve and sixteen, in violation of 3 C. S., 4209.

The evidence of the State tends to show that on 8 September, 1932, the defendant first had illicit intercourse with the prosecuting witness, at that time an innocent and virtuous girl fifteen years of age, and that this was repeated from time to time until 21 January, 1933, when the last act was committed. The prosecuting witness gave birth to a child on 22 October, 1933.

Demurrer to the evidence or motion to nonsuit…