State v. Cowing
Supreme Court of Minnesota
Appeal by defendant from an order of the district court tor Martin county, Quinn, J., denying a motion for a new trial, after a trial and conviction of the crime of rape.
1Opinion of the CourtJaggaed, J.
This is an appeal from an order denying á new trial. The defendant was convicted of the crime of rape and sentenced to nine and a half years’ confinement at hard labor at the State Prison.
He was a farmer, forty nine years of age, and had a family of seven children, including his oldest son, twenty two years of age. He was never before accused of any crime, and had lived continuously for many years on a farm adjoining the farm of the father of the complaining witness. The houses were about three-quarters of a mile apart. Apart from some trouble with rheumatism, the defendant was a man of at…
2Cases cited38 opinions
- People v. BensonCalifornia Supreme Court · 1856
- Anderson v. StateIndiana Supreme Court · 1885
- People of the State of N.Y. v. . DohringNew York Court of Appeals · 1874
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- Strang v. PeopleMichigan Supreme Court · 1871
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