State v. Marudas

Defendant, charged with carnal knowledge of a girl a little past 14 years old, was convicted of an attempt to commit the crime. He appeals from- the order denying his motion for a new trial.

With great earnestness defendant’s counsel contends that the verdict is not adequately supported. In prosecutions for offenses of this sort the law is that the uncorroborated testimony of the violated girl, if accepted as true by the jury, is sufficient to convict. State v. Dahl, 151 Minn. 318, 186 N. W. 580. Her testimony in the instant case was not inherently improbable as in State v. Connelly, 57 Minn.…