State v. Conrad

On September 23, 1926, the Prosecuting Attorney of Chariton County filed an information charging that defendant, on September 15, 1926, committed rape on a female child of the age of twelve years. On change of venue to Saline County, a jury found defendant guilty, and assessed his punishment at twenty-five years in the penitentiary. The cause is here upon defendant's appeal.

The facts developed by the State warrant the finding that, on September 15, 1926, the defendant and Morris Mason arrived at the home of Fannie Hedrick, a female child of the age of twelve years, about two o'clock in the…