State v. Niles
Supreme Court of Vermont
Indictment for rape upon Lillian Gray, a female above the age of consent, on the 20th day of January, 1874. Plea, not guilty. Trial by jury and verdict of guilty, June term, 1874, Eoss, J., presiding.
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Indictment for rape upon Lillian Gray, a female above the age of consent, on the 20th day of January, 1874. Plea, not guilty. Trial by jury and verdict of guilty, June term, 1874, Eoss, J., presiding. The evidence on the part of the state tended to show, that the said Lillian, on or about the day in question, left the residence of the respondent, in Burke, in company with him, and went with him a distance of about two miles, to Watson’s sugar house, and that, soon after leaving the respondent’s house, he informed her of his intention to go to said sugar house, and there have sexual…
1Opinion of the Court
The opinion of the court was delivered by
Royce, J
The respondent was indicted and tried for committing a rape upon one Lillian Gray. The said Lillian Gray was *86improved as a witness by the state, and in her testimony gave a particular history of the transaction, and charged the respondent directly with the commission of the crime, and gave the time, place, and circumstances of its commission. The state called Mrs. Ladd as a witness, and she was permitted to testify against the respondent’s objection that Lillian, in response to her inquiries about two months after the alleged commission of the…
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