State v. Northern

SEILER, Judge.

In a trial before the court, defendant was found guilty of rape and sentenced to ten years’ imprisonment. He appeals.

The defense was consent and cooperation. Defendant was prosecutrix’s brother-in-law. Each was thirty six years old and lived, with their respective spouses, in the same general area in St. Louis and the two families were together frequently. The prosecutrix’s account was that defendant came to the apartment at night while her husband was away at work, was admitted on the pretext his wife was sick and wanted her, and once inside forced her into the bedroom and…