State v. Putney

Frank Putney was indicted, tried and convicted of the crime of rape. He was a man past the age of 32 years. Elizabeth Wolfe, a child of the age of 12 years and 10 months, was Putney’s victim. The mother of the child was dead. At the time of. the commission of the offense involved herein, Elizabeth Wolfe was living with a stepmother, from whom her father had separated some years before. It was claimed at the trial that the crime was committed on November 7, 1922, at' the Willamette Hotel, in Portland, Multnomah County, Oregon, which was conducted by the child’s stepmother. The child assisted…