People v. Mathews

Defendant was convicted of the crime of rape, charged with having been committed upon the person of a girl under the age of consent. A motion for a new trial was made and denied. An appeal is taken from the order denying the defendant’s motion for a new trial and from the final judgment.

1. The first alleged error assigned by the appellant is, that the court should have allowed certain questions in cross-examination, as to whether the defendant had not given the prosecutrix money or presents, and whether the prosecutrix had not requested the defendant to give her money. Nothing of this nature…