Penn v. State

Affidavit was filed by John Peters, father of Hilda Marie Peters, charging appellant with statutory rape on Hilda Marie Peters on or about February 1, 1956, in Vigo County, Indiana. To said affidavit appellant entered a plea of not guilty. Trial was had and appellant was found guilty, as charged, and sentenced to the Indiana State Prison for two to 21 years. Thereafter the appellant filed a motion for a new trial, claiming that the finding of the court was not sustained by sufficient evidence, and (2) finding of the court was contrary to law. The court overruled appellant’s motion for a new…