State v. Reynolds
Supreme Court of Vermont
Information for statutory rape. Plea, not guilty. Trial by jury, June Term, 1921, Bennington County, Moulton, J., presiding. The respondent excepted. After the case was entered in Supreme Court, upon request of respondent, and leave therefor being granted, he filed petition for a new trial on the ground of newly discovered evidence. Heard in Supreme Court on this petition and the evidence submitted in support and opposition.
1Opinion of the CourtSlack, J.
The respondent was convicted of statutory rape and brings the case here on exceptions. After the case was entered in this Court, he had leave to, and did, file a petition for a new trial on the ground of newly discovered evidence. This evidence relates solely to the age of the prosecutrix, Florence Gilbar, on October 24, 1920, the date of the alleged crime. The evidence relied on to support the petition is to be found in the affidavits of Ida Gilbar and Mary Gilbar, attached to the petition, and that submitted in opposition to the petition appears in the depositions of Collins M. Graves and…
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