State v. Wilson
West Virginia Supreme Court
Error to Circuit Court, Jefferson County. E. Graham Wilson was convicted of rape, and brings error.
1Opinion of the Court
POEFENBARGER, JtFDGE:
Convicted of the crime of rape and sentenced to imprisonment in the penitentiary for a period of fourteen years, Wilson complains of the judgment, assigning error in numerous rulings of the trial court.
According to the testimony of both the prisoner and the prosecution, the former had carnal knowledge of the latter in such manner and to such extent as to constitute the crime of rape, provided it was not done with the consent of the prosecutrix. Whether there was such consent within the meaning of the law, was the vital question in the case. There were no eye witnesses to…
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