Griffin v. State
Supreme Court of Alabama
From the Circuit Court of Pike. Tried before the Hon. Jno. P. Hubbard. The defendant in this case was indicted for a rape, pleaded not guilty to the indictment, and was tried on issue joined on that plea. A bill of exceptions was reserved on the trial, which expressly states that all the evidence adduced on the trial is not set out therein, “ but only so much as is necessary to present the points reserved.”
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From the Circuit Court of Pike. Tried before the Hon. Jno. P. Hubbard. The defendant in this case was indicted for a rape, pleaded not guilty to the indictment, and was tried on issue joined on that plea. A bill of exceptions was reserved on the trial, which expressly states that all the evidence adduced on the trial is not set out therein, “ but only so much as is necessary to present the points reserved.” It was shown that the prosecutrix, at the time of the alleged rape, was living in a house alone with her little daughter, a child about eight years old, and the offense was committed on…
1Opinion of the Court
CLOPTON, J. —
On an indictment for rape, it is competent to show by the prosecutrix, or by another, or by both, that re-1 cently after the alleged rape she made complaint to persons to whom complaint, on the occurrence of such outrage, would naturally be made. When the complaint constitutes no part of the res gestie, and is received only as corroborative of her testimony, neither the particulars detailed by her, nor the name of the person whom she mentioned as the offender, can be given *32in evidence in the first instance. But the defendant may, on cross-examination, inquire into the particulars…
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