Legal Opinion

People v. . Page

New York Court of Appeals

Decided March 27, 1900PublishedCited by 74 opinions

Appeal from a judgment of the appellate division of the supreme court in the third judicial department, affirming a judgment of the Otsego county court convicting the defendant of the crime of rape in the first degree, and an order denying a motion for a new trial

1Opinion of the CourtO’Brien, J.

The defendant was convicted of the crime of rape committed upon the person of one Etta Hopkins on the 20th day of August, 1895. The complainant was then a girl sixteen years of age or over, and residing with the defendant, who was her guardian. The defendant, his wife and this girl constituted the family and they resided in the country upon a farm. The alleged outrage upon the person of the girl was accomplished, according to her version of the affair, in a most extraordinary manner. The substance of her statement is that on the day referred to, about four o’clock in the afternoon, while in…

2Cases cited3 opinions

  1. People v. . O'SullivanNew York Court of Appeals · 1887
  2. People of the State of N.Y. v. . DohringNew York Court of Appeals · 1874
  3. People v. . ConnorNew York Court of Appeals · 1891

3Cited by74 opinions

  1. People v. ByrnesNew York Court of Appeals · 1974
  2. Commonwealth v. DraveczSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1967
  3. People v. . BeckerNew York Court of Appeals · 1915
  4. State v. JonasSupreme Court of Connecticut · 1975
  5. People v. . O'FarrellNew York Court of Appeals · 1903

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