State v. Bowman
Supreme Court of Missouri
Appeal from Jackson Circuit Court. — Hon. E. E. Porter-field, Judge. (1) THe defendant being charged with rape upon Eva Frampton, it. was error for the trial court to admit evidence of an act or acts of intercourse by defendant with Clara Parker, or of statements or admissions by defendant with reference thereto.
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Appeal from Jackson Circuit Court. — Hon. E. E. Porter-field, Judge. (1) THe defendant being charged with rape upon Eva Frampton, it. was error for the trial court to admit evidence of an act or acts of intercourse by defendant with Clara Parker, or of statements or admissions by defendant with reference thereto. State v. Smith, 250 Mo. 274; State v. Teeter, 239 Mo. 475; State v. Vandiver, 149 Mo. 502; State v. Banks, 258 Mo. 479; State V. Phillips, 233 Mo. 299; State v. Hyde, 234 Mo. 200; State v. Horton, 247 Mo. 657. (2) The court erred in permitting the defendant to be cross-examined with…
1Opinion of the Court
WHITE, C.
Defendant appeals from a conviction of statutory rape. The offense was alleged to have been committed upon one Eva Frampton, a girl under the age of fifteen years, during a “joy ride” in defendant’s automobile.
The defendant challenges the evidence as being insufficient to warrant a verdict of guilty.
Two other persons, Robert L. Moore, a man 33 years of age, and Clara Parker, a girl apparently older than the prosecutrix, were also in the automobile during the ride. Neither Clara Parker nor Moore testified, in the ca«e, although it appears from the record that Clara was in the court…
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- Jordan v. OsgoodMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1872
- State v. HameySupreme Court of Missouri · 1902
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- State v. PalmbergSupreme Court of Missouri · 1906
- State v. TeeterSupreme Court of Missouri · 1912
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