The People v. Roberts

The grand jury, at the October, 1936, term of the circuit court of Cass county, returned an indictment charging Curtis Roberts, in two counts, with the crime of statutory rape upon the person of Zella Mae Wagner, an unmarried female under the age of sixteen, and, in five counts, with the crime of rape with force. A jury found him guilty as charged in the indictment, and after motions for a new trial and in arrest of judgment were overruled, he was sentenced to the penitentiary for a term of five years. He has sued out this writ of error.

Defendant contends there is no evidence to sustain the…