Powers v. State
Supreme Court of Georgia
Indictment for rape. Before Judge J. B. Park. Morgan superior court. April 30, 1912.
1Opinion of the CourtEvans, P. J.
1. The evidence, though in some respects unsatisfactory, was sufficient to authorize a conviction.
2. On the trial of a father charged with rape of his daughter, letters ' from the accused to the daughter, written while incarcerated on that charge, stating that his freedom depended on her action, and pleading for the withdrawal of the charge against him, and which contained no protestation of innocence or denial of the ehai'ge, tended to coi’roborate the testimoxxy of the daughter, and were admissible.
3. The circumstances attendixxg the arrest of the accused, viz., that he resisted arrest…
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