Taylor v. State of Arizona

The defendant, Oscar Taylor, was convicted of statutory rape and from the judgment and the order denying his motion for a new trial he appeals.

A number of errors have been assigned but they are discussed under four propositions of law. To understand the assignments properly it is necessary that one have the facts in mind. From the record it appears that appellant was charged with rape alleged to have been committed on March 25, 1938, upon the person of Esther Jackson, a child eleven years of age, then living with her family on 16th Place, which is south of the Southern Pacific tracks and…