People v. Totman

Defendant was accused by information with the crime of rape. He demurred to the information, which demurrer was overruled. He was thereafter tried and convicted. Thereupon he moved for a new trial, which motion was denied, also a motion in arrest of judgment. From the final judgment and from the order overruling his motion for a new trial this appeal is prosecuted.

The rape was alleged to have been committed on June 26, 1900, upon Augusta E. Moullen, an orphan, fourteen years of age, residing on a ranch in Fresno County with her aunt and the defendant, who was her uncle.

The appellant claims…