Hast v. Territory
Court of Criminal Appeals of Oklahoma
Appeal from District Court, Pottawatomie Cownip; B. P. Burwell, Judge. Charles Hast was convicted of rape, and he appeals. Appellant was convicted for the oifense of rape in the district court of Pottawatomie county, and his punishment was assessed at confinement in the penitentiary for the period of six years.
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Appeal from District Court, Pottawatomie Cownip; B. P. Burwell, Judge. Charles Hast was convicted of rape, and he appeals. Appellant was convicted for the oifense of rape in the district court of Pottawatomie county, and his punishment was assessed at confinement in the penitentiary for the period of six years. This conviction took place in the territorial court in 1903. Defendant prosecuted an appeal to the Supreme Court of Oklahoma Territory; but the case was not disposed of by that court prior to the incoming of statehood. This case was transferred to the Supreme Court of Oklahoma. Upon…
1Opinion of the Court
FURMAN, PRESIDING Judge,
(after stating the facts as above). First. The charging part of the indictment is as follows:
“Charlés Hast, late of Pottawatomie county and within the jurisdiction of this court, did unlawfully, wilfully, and feloniously have sexual intercourse with one Etta .Hindman; she, the said Etta Hindman, being then and there an unmarried female under the age of 18 years, not the wife of the defendant, and of previous chaste and virtuous character.”
Counsel for appellant- demurred to the indictment because it-omitted to charge that the prosecuting witness was over the age of 16…
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- Ande v. StateSupreme Court of Iowa · 1857
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