People v. Jones

Defendant Ward Jones appeals from a judgment of the circuit court of Jackson County entered after a jury fotmd him guilty of the crime of rape.

The prosecutrix testified that she was a student at Southern Illinois University in Carbondale and resided in Murphysboro. She stated she had gone to church on the evening in question and was walking home at about 7 or 7:30 P.M., when a man in a car stopped and asked her if she wanted a ride. The prosecutrix refused, but he insisted and she eventually relented. She later positively identified the defendant as the man who was in the car. She described…