Chambers v. State
Supreme Court of Georgia
Indictment for rape. Before Judge James B. Park. Wilkinson' superior court. December 15, 1913.
1Opinion of the CourtBeck, J.
1. On the. trial of one charged with rape, evidence as to the condition of the clothing of the female within a short time after the alleged commission of the crime is relevant and admissible; and the court properly refused to exclude such evidence on the ground that the clothing itself was the highest evidence of its condition.
2. Where one was on trial for the offense of rape, and the prosecuting witness testified that the defendant on trial actually committed the offense with which he was charged, and that at the time he came to the house in which she was living, and at which he committed…
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