Lowe v. State

Lumpkin, Justice.

1. It was held by this court in the case of Stephen v. State, 11 Ga. 226, that: “In a prosecution for a rape, the fact of the woman’s having made complaint soon after the assault took place, is evidence; the pa/rticulars of her complaint, however, cannot be gone into, and she will not be allowed to name the prisoner as the person who committed the injury, unless by way of information, to lead to his arrest.” So far as we are aware,- no material departure from this rule has ever been made by this court.

2. The alleged rape was committed in Clarke county, and the prosecutrix…