Denson v. State
Supreme Court of Georgia
Indictment for rape. Before Judge Park. Wilkinson superior court. January 19, 1920.
1Opinion of the CourtGeorge, J.
Jim Denson was convicted of rape, and sentenced to death. He made no motion for a new trial, but brought his case by a direct writ of error, alleging that certain errors prejudicial to him were committed at the trial, as was done in the ease of Cawthon v. State, 119 Ga. 395 (46 S. E. 897).
1. One of the errors complained of is that the court omitted to charge, without request, that the accused could not be convicted of the offense of rape on the uncorroborated testimony of the woman alleged to have been ravished. The rule was applied in Davis v. State, 120 Ga. 433 (48 S. E. 180), two Justices…
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