State v. Compton

Tbe appellant was charged by information in the Circuit Court of Taney County with statutory rape, under Section 3247, Revised Statutes 1919, as amended, Laws 1921, page 284a. Upon a trial to a jury in Douglas County where the ease was transferred by change, of venue, he was convicted and sentenced to two years ’ imprisonment in the penitentiary. From this judgment he appeals.

The prosecuting witness was a girl fourteen years of age. Her testimony as to the commission of the offense by the appellant is corroborated by the girl's step-father, who came upon the scene just as the appellant was…