State v. Katon

The appellant, Ifaton, was accused by the prosecuting attorney of Chehalis county of the crime of rape, committed on the person of one Ruby Shannon, a female child of the age of fourteen years. He pleaded not guilty to the charge, and on the issue thus raised a trial was had before a jury, which resulted in a verdict of guilty. From the judgment pronounced upon the verdict, he appeals.

It is first contended that the evidence was insufficient to justify the verdict. This contention is not based on the claim that there was a want of evidence tending to show the guilt of the appellant, but the…