State v. Langston

The opinion of the court was delivered by

JOHNSTON, C. J.:

James Langston was convicted of the crime of statutory rape committed upon his niece, Venice Shaw. He appeals, and complains principally of errors in the admission of testimony, and also as to instructions given and refused.

*673The defendant was about fifty-eight years of age, and Venice, a small and somewhat delicate child, was only eleven years old. He was employed as janitor of a school building, and it appears that sometimes she remained after the dismissal of school and assisted her uncle by emptying waste baskets, washing blackboards,…