State v. Wade

Defendant was convicted in the Monroe County Circuit Court of the crime of having carnal knowledge of an unmarried female of previous chaste character, between the ages of fifteen and eighteen years. He was sentenced to imprisonment for a term of two years and has appealed. The proof shows that the acts charged against defendant occurred on May 20, 1921. The law, as defined by Section 3248, Revised Statutes 1919, therefore governed the facts necessary to constitute the crime.

As the defendant earnestly contends that the case should not have been submitted to the jury and that we should not…