State v. Elsen

HYATT, Justice.

Appellant, aged 59 years, was charged with statutory rape alleged to have been committed February 23, 1946, upon a female child, aged 12 years. Trial by jury resulted in a verdict of guilty of assault with intent to commit rape. This appeal is from the judgment of conviction and an order denying motion for new trial.

Appellant’s principal assignment of error attacks the sufficiency of the evidence-. upon the ground of lack of corroboration. In an early case, State v. Anderson, 6 Idaho 706, 59 P. 180, 181, this court laid down the rule that: “* * * a defendant may be convicted of…