State v. Marsee

The opinion of the court was delivered by

Mason, J.:

Silas N. Marsee was convicted of rape on the complaint of his stepdaughter, who was under eighteen years of age. He appeals.

The defendant’s own daughter was called as a witness in his behalf. She testified that she had never seen or heard of anything out of the way between her father and the complaining witness, although she had been closely associated with them during the period covered by the charge. On cross-examination she returned a negative answer to the question whether on one occasion, in the presence .of the complaining witness and…