State v. Rice

Lynoh, Judge:

Complaining of a judgment of conviction and sentence for confinement in the penitentiary for ten years for incest, Loring Rice assigns as erroneous rulings upon the admissibility of evidence offered in his behalf and rejected, the giving of instructions for the state, the refusal of instructions propounded by him, and the denial of his motion for a retrial predicated upon these grounds.

The only witness who testified to the criminal assault was defendant’s daughter, Pearl, who at the time of the commission of the several acts of sexual intercourse was twelve to fourteen years old.…