People v. Dickerson

The defendant was convicted of the crime of rape in the second degree, under subdivision 5 of section 278 of the Penal Code, and sentenced to be imprisoned in “the state’s prison at hard labor fof the term of seven years and six months,” and from this judgment he has appealed.

At the trial the only question which was seriously contested was whether the complaining witness, Norah Saville, at the time when the defendant was alleged to have committed the crime of which he was convicted, was under the age of 18 years. If the testimony introduced justified the jury in finding that fact, and no…