State v. Spinks

Appellant, defendant below, was convicted in the Circuit Court of Jackson County of the crime of rape, alleged to have been committed by having carnal knowledge of one Maxine Addington, a female child under sixteen years of age. Pursuant to the verdict of the jury he was sentenced to two years' imprisonment in the penitentiary and has appealed.

The offense is alleged to have been committed on or about June 15, 1936, in Kansas City, Jackson County, in which city the prosecutrix and defendant lived. Maxine was then about fourteen years of age. According to her testimony and that of a girl…