State v. Schut

Appellant, John Richard Schut, was charged, tried, and convicted by jury verdict of the crime of incest committed upon his minor daughter. He appeals.

The state’s only witness, the child, testified that appellant was her father, that the incestuous act charged took place in the family residence on or about November 20, 1965, and that similar acts had occurred prior to the one charged. The verdict of the jury finding appellant guilty was returned in the usual form, except that it had appended to it in longhand the words “& recommend medical treatment.” The trial court accepted the verdict, and…