State of Oregon v. Risen

Adolph Bisen has appealed from a judgment of conviction of the crime of rape. The prosecuting witness was Alene Bisen, his wife’s daughter, who, at the time of the commission of the crime, was barely 19 years old. Defendant’s age does not appear in the record, but, as he and Aleñe’s mother had been husband and wife ever since Aleñe was about a year and a half old, we presume that he is of middle age.

Defendant’s family consisted of his wife, two minor sons, a daughter nine years old, and Alene. Aleñe had apparently adopted her stepfather’s surname, although there was no evidence that she had…