State of Arizona v. Pollock

Marion Pollock, defendant, was informed against for the crime of statutory rape upon one X, whom we shall hereafter call the prosecutrix. The case was tried to a jury, which returned a verdict reading: “We the Jury, duly empaneled and sworn in the above entitled action, upon our oaths, do find: the defendant, Marion Pollock, guilty.” •

At the close of the state’s case, and again at the close of the whole case, defendant moved for an instructed verdict of not guilty, and timely motions were made for a new trial and in arrest of judgment. All these motions were denied and sentence pronounced,…