People v. Vicencio

From the judgment on a verdict of guilty of the crime of rape as charged in the information deféndant has appealed on the grounds: (1) that the evidence was insufficient to justify the verdict; (2) that the verdict was contrary to law; and (3) that the court erred in admitting certain evidence over the objection of the defendant.

The prosecuting witness was a child of the age of thirteen years. She and her mother lived in the city of Benicia with the defendant and his son, who was approximately the same age as the prosecutrix. Defendant was employed as a watchman at the United States Army…