State v. Gibson

Defendant appellant was convicted of the statutory crime of rape committed upon the person of Violet May Leighton, a female child under the age of fifteen years, and appeals from the judgment and sentence of the court. Insufficiency of the evidence to sustain the verdict, and an alleged improper instruction given by the court, are assigned as error. It is urged that the testimony of the prosecutrix was not corroborated as required by the statute, Rem. & Bal. Code, § 2155, which is cited and quoted by both appellant and the state as the controlling statute, and which reads as follows:

“No…