State v. Barnes

Defendant was convicted of rape. His punishment was fixed at imprisonment in the state penitentiary for a term of three years. He has appealed from 'the judgment entered on the verdict.

The prosecutrix lived with her parents in Sedalia. Her testimony was that, on the evening of May 28, 1928, she was induced by defendant to enter his automobile for the purpose of taking a ride. They drove east of Sedalia on the Smithton road. Defendant drove' his automobile off the main 'highway and parked it along the roadside. He there forced prosecutrix to submit to him and had sexual intercourse with her in…