State v. Thomas

RiNer, Justice.

The defendant and appellant, John Thomas, was tried and convicted in the District Court of Uinta County, Wyoming, of the crime of statutory rape. The cause is before this court on direct appeal.

There appears to be very little controversy concerning the circumstances under which it is claimed that the al leged crime occurred. Tbe record discloses that on or about the 6th day of June, 1924, the defendant, in company with the prosecuting witness and several other young people, went to a dance at the Robertson schoolhouse in Uinta County, "Wyoming. The trip was made from their…