State v. Kessler

1. Rape : corroboration: designedly planned opportunity. 1. The point most relied upon by appellant for a reversal is the alleged insufficiency of the statutory corroboration of the prosecutrix. It was claimed b3r defendant, all through the trial, that there ivas ’ , . ’ _ . no sufficient corroboration. Motions were made, at the close of the State’s testimony and at the close of all the testimony, to direct' a verdict for the defendant. These motions were overruled., We shall not go into the evidence in detail as to the transaction itself and the corroborating circumstances tending to show…