Reed v. State

The prosecution in this case was based on the act of 1918, which expressly provides that no conviction shall be had on the “unsupported testimony of the female.” In Wright v. State, 184 Ga. 62, 67 (190 S. E. 663), it was said in effect that under this statute there should be some evidence, direct or circumstantial, in addition to the testimony 'of the female, tending to identify the accused as the offender. I do not think that the evidence in the instant case was sufficient to meet this requirement. Nevertheless, the jury were authorized to find that such deficiency was supplied by the…