State v. Fox

The opinion of the court was delivered by

Gummere, Chiee Justice.

The plaintiff in error was convicted of the crime of rape, committed upon the body of one Josephine G. The principal witnesses called by the state against him were John Levy, Harry Meehan and Thomas Moran, who were jointly indicted with him, and who had (each of them) previously pleaded guilty of the crime charged against them. On the cross-examination of the witness Levy — having first been asked whether, before he pleaded guilty to the crime charged in the indictment, he had been convicted of any other crime, and having…