State v. Donovan

The prosecutrix was a school-teacher of three years’ experience, and at the time of the alleged intercourse was over twenty-two years of age. The defendant was a married man, as she well knew, his wife being her cousin. He pretended to be a hypnotist, and the evidence tended to establish his ability to exercise control over a subject being operated upon. In 1901 he had “ put her to sleep ” at a family entertainment at her home, and, according to her account, she had been under his influence several times since. Subsequently he told her that he loved her, and thought more of her than of his…