Robbins v. State

This urns a criminal prosecution charging statutory rape. Defendant Avas convicted and appeals. ' ■

The principal contention is that the testimony of the prosecuting Avitness is not sufficiently corroborated. The , prosecuting witness Avas a girl, 9 years of age, who lived. Avith her parents and small brothers on a farm near Carroll, Iowa. The defendant, a man 64 years of age, and a friend of the family, had been temporarily living at this home. He was previously employed as a conductor for a *424freight elevator at Armour’s, in South Omaha, and prior to that time had been buying and dealing in…