Johns v. State

The plaintiff in error, hereinafter called the defendant, was convicted of rape in the second degree, and sentenced to serve a term of one year and six months in the state penitentiary, from which judgment and sentence the defendant appeals.

The testimony on behalf of the state shows that the prosecuting* witness, Margorie Linscott, was 16 years of age, and under 18, was attending school in the city of Shattuck, and assisting with the housework for her room and board at the home of Mr. and Mrs. Roy Edwards; that while there she became acquainted with the defendant, Harold Johns; Johns…