Legal Opinion

Liebscher v. State

Nebraska Supreme Court

Decided June 18, 1903No. 13,116PublishedCited by 17 opinions

Error to the district court for Douglas county: Irving F. Baxter, District Judge.

1Opinion of the CourtHolcomb, J.

But one question presented by the record in this case which we are asked to review is deemed worthy of more than passing notice. The defendant was, in the trial court, informed against for the crime of rape upon a female child under the age of consent, to wit, about twelve years of age.

At the trial the jury were, under the instructions given them, authorized* to find a verdict of guilty as charged, *396or in tlie event they were not satisfied beyond a reasonable doubt that a rape had actually been committed to find, if the evidence satisfied them of that fact, the defendant guilty of an assault…

2Cases cited24 opinions

  1. People of the State of N.Y. v. . DohringNew York Court of Appeals · 1874
  2. Stephen v. StateSupreme Court of Georgia · 1852
  3. People v. McDonaldMichigan Supreme Court · 1861
  4. Glover v. CommonwealthSupreme Court of Virginia · 1889
  5. Commonwealth v. RoosnellMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1886

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3Cited by17 opinions

  1. Frank v. StateNebraska Supreme Court · 1949
  2. State v. RobySupreme Court of Iowa · 1922
  3. People v. DowellMichigan Supreme Court · 1904
  4. Ross v. StateWyoming Supreme Court · 1908
  5. Lee v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Oklahoma · 1912

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