State v. . Stiwinter

Stacy, 0. J.

'Without undertaking to state the facts, which are largely circumstantial in character, it is enough to say the evidence offered by the prosecution is of sufficient probative value or force to sustain a conviction. The defendants did not testify.

Speaking to the effect of -circumstantial evidence, the court instructed the jury that “the law does not require the State to offer evidence of facts which if established beyond a reasonable doubt will allow the jury to infer the act of intercourse.” We are constrained to believe that this instruction has been erroneously reported, but it…