Cook v. State

In a prosecution by the state in the district court for Thurston county, Sam Cook, defendant, was convicted of xape. For that felony he was sentenced to the penitentiary *591for an indeterminate period not more than twenty nor less than three years. As plaintiff in error he presents for review the record of his conviction.

As a ground for reversal it is argued that the district court erred in submitting the case to the jury. Is the point well taken? Carnal knowledge of prosecutrix by defendant, forcibly and against her will, or carnal knowledge of her with her consent, he being over 18 years of…