Raiford v. State
Supreme Court of Georgia
Verdict. Witness. Criminal Law. Before Judge CARSWELL. Jefferson Superior Court. November Adjourned Term, 1881. Reported in the decision.
1Opinion of the Court
Crawford, Justice.
The plaintiff in error was indicted for incestuous fornication with one Kate C. Griffin, his niece, was found guilty, moved fora new trial, which was refused, and that refusal is complained of as error.
There were several grounds in the motion for a new trial, but a decision upon two of them will rule the case, and they are:
(1.) That Kate C. Griffin being an accomplice, and the only witness for the state who testified to the criminal act, is uncorroborated by other evidence.
(2.) That the evidence makes out a case of rape, and not incestuous fornication.
1. Was there, then,…
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