Sutton v. State

This appeal is from a conviction for rape and a sentence of ten years in the State prison. It is conceded by the accused that he had illicit relations with the young married woman involved, the mother of several children, hut the defense is that the relations were entered into voluntarily, not only ■ on the particular occasion covered by the indictment, but on numerous previous occasions.

The plaintiff in error is a married man some years older than the woman and it appears that for several years preceding the alleged offense the families had been on friendly visiting terms, residing in the…