The People v. Godsey.

Harold Godsey, Bruce Thompson and Harvey Mesnard were indicted in the circuit court of Macon county for the crime of rape upon Marie Keck, a female under sixteen years of age. The defendants were found guilty by a jury and their punishment was fixed at imprisonment in the penitentiary for one year. Judgment was rendered on the jury’s verdict, and Mesnard prosecutes this writ of error.

On August 7, 1927, Harvey Mesnard, the plaintiff in error, was a painter, twenty-five years of age, and resided with his wife and two sons in the city of Decatur. Harold Godsey and Bruce Thompson were residents…