People v. Allen

The writ of error in this case is prosecuted to reverse the conviction and sentence of the plaintiff in error, Gale Allen, in the circuit court of Jefferson county, for the crime of rape committed upon the person of Elsie Dalby.

Gale Allen, plaintiff in error, lived with his parents-on a farm in Elk Prairie, in Jefferson county, and Elsie Dalby lived, with her parents on a farm five or six miles from the home of the plaintiff in error. They had.been at school together when children but had not met for several years, when on Sunday, July 23, 1916, he drove to her home in a buggy and at his…