Wiedeman v. State

Defendant was charged with and convicted of the crime of rape and sentenced to be confined in the reformatory for men for a period of five years.

Defendant appeals and presents here three assignments of error: First, the insufficiency of the evidence to sustain the conviction; second, the refusal of the court to admit evidence which might have explained the cause of the physical condition of the complaining witness; third, the refusal of the trial court to instruct the jury concerning the lesser crimes of assault and battery and simple assault. These will be considered in the order assigned.

The…