Tway v. State
Wyoming Supreme Court
ERROR to the District Court for Fremont County, Hon. Jesse Knight, Judge. Thomas P. Tway was found guilty of the crime of rape upon an information filed in the District Court of Fremont County. He was sentenced to fifteen years in the penitentiary. A motion for new trial was overruled, and defendant applied for a writ of error.
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ERROR to the District Court for Fremont County, Hon. Jesse Knight, Judge. Thomas P. Tway was found guilty of the crime of rape upon an information filed in the District Court of Fremont County. He was sentenced to fifteen years in the penitentiary. A motion for new trial was overruled, and defendant applied for a writ of error. The information charged that “Thomas P. Tway, late of the county aforesaid, on the 10th day of May, a. d. 1896, at and in the county of Fremont, in the State of Wyoming, feloniously, unlawfully, forcibly, and against her will, did have carnal knowledge of a woman, one…
1Opinion of the Court
Coen, Justice.
Pour reasons are assigned why the verdict should be set aside in this case and a new trial granted.
1. That the information is insufficient to sustain a conviction.
2. That the court erred in denying the application for a continuance.
3. On account of certain abusive language alleged to have been used against the defendant by the attorneys for the State upon the trial.
4. That the evidence is insufficient to sustain the verdict.
It is contended by plaintiff in error that the information is insufficient because the word “ravish” is not used in describing the offense. The alleged…
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