State v. Baker

Defendant was convicted of rape as defined in subdivision 1, § 4092, Rev. Code 19,19, viz., “where the female is under the age of eighteen years.” He appeals from the judgment and an order denying new trial.

[r] The evidence tends to- show that on July 4, 1923, defendant, aged 18, and prosecutrix, aged 17, met at a dance at a celebration at Millto-wn, Hutchinson county. They had been attentive to each other for about two years, but had been estranged for about the last three months. At about 10 o’clock in the evening 'they left the dance hall and got into the front seat of a Ford touring car.…