People v. Murray

The respondent in this case was convicted in the Kalamazoo circuit, on February 2-8, 1888, of the crime of carnally knowing and abusing a young girl under the age of 14 years, and was sentenced to imprisonment at Jackson for the term of 50 years.

The evidence shows that the claimed rape was committed in a barn in the township of Brady, in Kalamazoo county, on January 7 last, and that complaint was not made until February 20 following, and then not by any member of the child’s family.

It appears from the record that the respondent was a young man about 23 years of age, and addicted to the use of…